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Castro and Rice (2003) indicated increasing interest in studying the construct of perfectionism and its impact on mental health over the past few decades. Despite this growing interest, extant research using racially and ethnically diverse participants is limited. This study extends the cross-cultural literature on perfectionism by examining personal and family origins of perfectionism among Asian Indians-an ethnic group that has been largely neglected in Western psychology (Atri & Sharma, 2006; Farver, Narang & Bhadha, 2002; Rahman & Rollock, 2004). This neglect is surprising considering the growing prominence of India. India is the second most populous country in the world, with more than 1.18 billion people, accounting for more than a sixth of the world's population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). Over the past two decades, India has gone from being regarded as a Third World nation to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in the world (Jahanbegloo, 2008

Decades of research have demonstrated, now convincingly, that emotional and behavioral syndromes and many of their antecedent risks can be prevented. Much of this progress can be traced to the founding and expansion of the relatively young field called prevention science, an interdisciplinary field that emerged in the early 1990s to address the need for an integrated model for preventionrelated research. The present article is intended to provide a specific example of prevention science in action for counseling psychologists. To illustrate key preventive science principles, the authors describe the formation and activities of the Missouri Prevention Center, a program that uses prevention science to promote children's mental health. In particular, the authors use research produced by the center to highlight the various phases of prevention intervention research. They conclude with implications for counseling psychologists.

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