). However, some people have personality traits that impede their ability to participate in and benefit from stable, positive, and satisfying relationships. Life is difficult for such people. Being disconnected from others creates psychopathology by thwarting a basic need for close relationships.Perfectionism is a personality trait robustly associated with both social problems and psychopathology. The social disconnection model (SDM;Hewitt, Flett, Sherry, & Caelian, 2006) is an integrative theoretical framework clarifying how perfectionism generates psychopathology through negative social behaviors (e.g., conflictual interactions), cognitions (e.g., seeing others as disappointed), and outcomes (e.g., romantic breakups). In the present chapter, our goal is to articulate an expanded SDM that addresses limitations of the original formulation of this model. We also present two case studies illustrating how the expanded SDM is applicable to two well-known perfectionists: Sylvia Plath and Steve Jobs. But first, we define perfectionism, outline the original SDM, and discuss research supporting it.

We demonstrated that high enhancement-motivated drinkers exhibit a high, stable drinking level, regardless of the intensity of their high-arousal positive mood. In contrast, low enhancement-motivated drinkers decrease their drinking when in a high-arousal positive mood state. Clinicians may be able to help reduce heavy alcohol consumption in enhancement-motivated drinkers by teaching them to reduce their drinking when in a high-arousal positive mood state.

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The intergenerational transmission of perfectionism: Fathers' other-oriented perfectionism and daughters' perceived psychological control uniquely predict daughters' selfcritical and personal standards perfectionism. Personality and Individual Differences, 119. pp. 242-248.