Life Satisfaction in Relation to Perfectionism and Psychological Needs among Adolescents

The aim of the present study was to examine the role of perfectionism and psychological needs towards life satisfaction. The sample was comprised of 400 (200 boys and 200 girls) adolescents in the age range of 18 -22 years. Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) by Diener, Emmons, Larsen and Griffin (1985), Perfectionism was measure by The Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS) (Frost, Marten, Lahart & Rosenblate, 1990) and Basic Psychological Needs Scale (BPNS) were used to collect the data from adolescents. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation method was used to analyze the results. The findings indicated that life satisfaction was negatively related with perfectionism and psychological needs of adolescent boys and girls.