El-Mokdad, Helga2024-07-032024-07-032020El-Mokdad, H. (225). The Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model in First-time Lebanese Mothers: Do Perceived Social Support and Social Comparison Orientation on Social Media Act as Mediators? (SBS thesis, Haigazian University)https://doi.org/10.62811/th.0225https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/270The transition to motherhood is a period that is accompanied by stress and change, whereby first-time mothers are at an increased risk of developing depression. The Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model (PDSM) links socially prescribed perfectionism to depression, and so the following study examined the construct of socially prescribed perfectionism and its relationship with depression. Moreover, the aim of this study was to examine the mediating roles of both perceived social support and social comparison on social media in the link between socially prescribed perfectionism and depression. The sample included 118 first-time mothers recruited from an online survey conducted through Survey Monkey. A questionnaire was administered which includes a demographic form, the subscale of the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale that measures socially prescribed perfectionism, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Iowa Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure, and the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), where path analysis through PROCESS was used to examine whether the link between socially prescribed perfectionism and depression was mediated by perceived social support and social comparison orientation. Results showed that socially prescribed perfectionism, social comparison orientation on social media, and lack of perceived social support predict depression significantly. Moreover, social comparison orientation on social media and perceived social support mediated the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and depression. Results of the study helped identify certain risk factors such as perfectionism, and social comparison orientation while using social media, and this will help implement awareness and prevention programs that can reduce the risk of developing depression in mothers.