The purpose of the master's thesis is to explore the perfectionism and mental health of male and female students. In the theoretical introduction, I researched the mental health of young people and more specifically - the mental health of young people at faculty. I shed light on the mass constructs of perfectionism and the parameters for the development of the latter - in these I also examined the contribution of the media to perfectionism. I researched the connection between the negative aspects of perfectionism and mental health and at this point delved into the negative consequences of perfectionism on the mental health of male and female students - I learned about the views of perfectionism in depression and suicidal thoughts; anxiety disorders; eating disorders and negative self-esteem; substance abuse and sleep disorders. I embraced the theoretical overview with a social work view on perfectionism. My research consists of a survey in which 242 Slovenian students with student status in the years 2021/2022 participated. Based on their answers in the empirical part, I find that self-directed perfectionism is most present in the sample, followed by socially prescribed perfectionism and then other-oriented perfectionism. Students COVID-19 epidemic neither not perceive nor perceive as a reason to increase perfectionism among youth; they see a great influence on the development of perfectionism in the family environment; they view the media with certainty as promoters of perfectionist tendencies; set high goals first for themselves and goals to please others; the majority of the population in the survey have already been described as perfectionists by acquaintances/friends/partner/family, and they have similarly described themselves as perfectionists; most male and female students think it is important to mention perfectionism in the context of mental health of youth. After students write off the exam, most of them are haunted by the exam and their answers until they receive a grade; respondents feel very tired while studying or learning an activity of interest; research has shown that most respondents have an imbalance in their diet when they are trying to achieve a certain goal or goals; students who do well at a subject in fact, they are better than most other students, when they receive a grade, find that it is not as good as they expected – as a result they feel slightly disappointed that they did not maintain the average, but quickly calm down and also feel disappointed in themselves because they did not maintain their almost perfect average; Most neither not agree nor agree that they experience social anxiety if they are not almost perfectly put together in the company of people in public; out of 242 respondents, 199 were those who already had/may have had high goals accompanied by poorer mental health; the order of negative consequences of perfectionism on the mental health of male and female students is fear of failure, increased fatigue, anxiety, negative self-esteem, procrastination, sleep disorders, depression, obsessive thoughts, eating disorders, suicidal thoughts, trauma and substance use. In the discussion I explain the results that show the problems of aspects of perfectionism among Slovenian students, then I also wrote the conclusions and proposals that together form a whole.
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