The Relationship Between Perfectionism and Life Satisfaction in Young Adults: The Double mediating effects of The Savoring belief and the Emotional Perception Clarity

Objectives The purpose of this study was to verify the double mediating effects of the savoring belief and the emotional perception clarity in the relationship among the perfectionism and the life satisfaction in young adults. Methods For the research objective, the self-reported questionnaire indicator targeting totally 529 early adults between the ages of 20 to 39 nationwide. The collected materials were proved the mediating effects by using SPSS, PROCESS MACRO. Results The results of this study are as follows. First, adaptive perfectionism, maladaptive perfectionism, savoring belief, emotional perception, life satisfaction had meaningful correlations. Second, the savoring belief was confirmed to have a perfect mediation effect after sequentially going through the emotional recognition clarity in the relationship between the adaptive perfectionism and the life satisfaction. Third, the maladaptive perfectionism was assured to have a double mediation effect through the emotional recognition clarity in regular succession. Conclusions The implications and limitations of this study were discussed.