Interpersonal difficulties in heterosexual relationships and perfectionist automatic thoughts in Ecuadorian university students

The interpersonal difficulties of university students may affect their academic performance. Regarding who manifest perfectionist automatic thoughts, they tend to show in heterosexual relationships. This research aimed examine the relationship and predictive capacity constructs related perfectionism on relationships with people opposite sex. 1298 Ecuadorian were recruited. 51.8% sample men (n = 672). Perfectionism Cognition Inventory Cuestionario de Evaluación Dificultades Interpersonales en la Adolescencia answered by participants. Statistically significant differences found different variables perfectionistic thoughts (i.e., Perfectionist Concerns, Demands, Efforts) according high low levels It was also that variable Efforts is a negative predictor However, Concerns Demands are positive this type difficulties. All these results confirm predictors