Modelling the Relationship Between Perfectionism, Self-compassion and Psychological Health Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients, 2021-2022

Chronic kidney disease affects approximately 850 million people worldwide, imposing substantial psychological burdens in addition to physical ones. The Stress and Coping Cyclical Amplification Model of Perfectionism in Illness (SCCAMPI) outlines how perfectionism, via self-compassion, stress and coping, can affect psychological health outcomes such as illness symptoms and health-related behaviours.

These datasets form part of a study to test the SCCAMPI in a sample of kidney transplant recipients and a comparison group of people without kidney disease. Data were collected between July 2021 and August 2022 using Jisc Online Surveys.

Participants were 754 adults (354 kidney transplant recipients and 400 people without kidney disease) residing in the UK. Participants were recruited online via social media and the mailing lists of several kidney disease charities.

In addition to demographic information collected, measures used were: the Coping Efficacy Scale (CES); the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36 (KDQOL-36); the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (SAPS); the Self-Compassion Scale short for (SCS-SF) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS).