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Journal of Counseling Psychology Copyright 2000 by the American Psychological Association, Inc. 2000, Vol. 47 . No . 1, 129-137 0022-0167/00/55.00 DOI: 1037//0022-0167.47.1.129 Perfectionism as a Predictor of Subsequent Adjustment: Evidence for a Specific Diathesis-Stress Mechanism Among College Students Edward C. Chang Kevin L. Rand University of Michigan Northern Kentucky University The relations among perfectionism, stress, subsequent psychological symptoms, and hopeless- ness were examined among 215 college students. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to determine whether dimensions of perfectionism (P. Hewitt G. Flett, 1991) predicted psychological symptoms and hopelessness ( 1 month later), and the extent to which stress scores added incremental validity to these predictions. Results indicated that socially prescribed perfectionism was a significant predictor of both adjustment measures. In addition, stress accounted for a significant amount of additional variance in predicting adjustment beyond perfectionism. Consistent with a diathesis-stress model, a significant Perfectionism X Stress interaction was found in predicting scores on adjustment measures beyond perfection- ism and stress. However, this interaction was only found for socially prescr