The present study examined the relationship between adaptive and maladaptive dimensions of perfectionism and family of origin (parenting styles and family system characteristics) using a sample of 225 graduate and undergraduate university students. Both adaptive and maladaptive forms of perfectionism were significantly predicted with authoritarian and authoritative parenting styles. But the effect of authoritarian parenting style was stronger for maladaptive perfectionism; whereas the effect of authoritative parenting style was stronger for adaptive perfectionism, hence confirming the hypothesis. Moreover, results showed that, adaptive perfectionism was correlated with adaptive family characteristics such as, flexibility and cohesion, and was negatively associated with chaos, rigidity and enmeshment. Conversely, maladaptive perfectionism was predicted by maladaptive family characteristics such as extreme family enmeshment, rigidity and chaos.