KMAN Publication Inc. (KMANPUB) Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling (JARAC) 6 Serial Number 21 2024 04 01 The Relationship between Perfectionism and Depression and Social Anxiety in Social Media Users: Emphasizing the Mediating Role of Rumination The Relationship between Perfectionism and Depression and Social Anxiety in Social Media Users: Emphasizing the Mediating Role of Rumination 152 160 10.61838/kman.jarac.6.2.19 EN Journal Article <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> This study aimed to examine the relationship between perfectionism and depression and social anxiety among social media users, with an emphasis on the mediating role of rumination.</p> <p><strong>Methods and Materials:</strong>  The population included social media users with a Bachelor's degree or higher in 2020. A total of 430 individuals (312 women, 118 men) were selected through voluntary sampling and responded to the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale of Tehran (Besharat, 2007), the Ruminative Response Style Scale (Nolen-Hoeksema &amp; Morrow, 1991), the Beck Depression Inventory – Second Edition (Beck et al., 1996), and the Social Phobia Inventory (Connor et al., 2000).</p> <p><strong>Findings:</strong>  According to Pearson's correlation test results, there is a positive relationship between dimensions of perfectionism and rumination, and between rumination and both depression and social anxiety. There is a positive relationship between dimensions of perfectionism (self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially prescribed) and depression, and two dimensions of perfectionism (other-oriented and socially prescribed) have a positive relationship with social anxiety. Path analysis results showed that perfectionism explains 16% of the variance in rumination, and both perfectionism and rumination explain 43% of the variance in depression, and finally, perfectionism and rumination explain 31% of the variance in social anxiety.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Therefore, rumination plays a mediating role in the relationship between dimensions of perfectionism and both depression and social anxiety.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> https://journals.kmanpub.com/index.php/jarac/article/download/2210/3471