An examination of the domain specificity of perfectionism among intercollegiate student-athletes

Perfectionism and attitudes toward cognitive enhancers (“smart drugs”)

“…Moreover, only Madigan et al (in press) conducted analyses investigating the unique relationships of the different perfectionism dimensions by statistically controlling for the overlap between the dimensions. Finally, it is unclear how indicative these findings are for research on perfectionism and cognitive enhancers in students because perfectionism may show different relationships in sport versus academia (Dunn, Gotwals, & Causgrove Dunn, 2005). Furthermore, doping in sport is illegal whereas taking prescriptions drugs as cognitive enhancers is not.…”

Physical appearance perfectionism explains variance in eating disorder symptoms above general perfectionism

“…Another important finding in research on perfectionism is that perfectionism is often domain-specific (Dunn, Gotwals, & Causgrove Dunn, 2005;McArdle, 2010;Stoeber & Stoeber, 2009) and that domain-specific measures of perfectionism may be better predictors of domainspecific processes and outcomes than general measures of perfectionism (e.g., Dunn, Craft, Causgrove Dunn, & Gotwals, 2011). Consequently, researchers have begun to use domainspecific measures of multidimensional perfectionism when examining how perfectionism relates to specific domains of peoples' lives such as sport, parenting, sexuality, and morality (Dunn et al, 2006;Snell, Overbey, & Brewer, 2005;Stoeber, Harvey, Almeida, & Lyons, 2013;Yang, Stoeber, & Wang, 2015).…”

Perfectionism and Performance

“…It is a disposition that pervades all areas of life, particularly work and school, and may also affect one's personal appearance and social relationships . Moreover, perfectionism is a common characteristic in competitive athletes (Dunn, Gotwals, & Causgrove Dunn, 2005).…”

“…Second, the study measured athletes' general perfectionism (using the FMPS), not their perfectionism in sport (using a sport-specific measure like the Sport-MPS or the MIPS). This is important because research comparing athletes' levels of perfectionism across different domains (sport, school, general life) found that athletes show significantly higher levels of perfectionism in sport than at school and in general life (Dunn et al, 2005). Consequently, measures of general perfectionism may not capture the degree of athletes' perfectionism in sport (Dunn, Craft, Causgrove Dunn, & Gotwals, 2011).…”

“…Furthermore, future research has to take note that perfectionism can be highly domainspecific (e.g., Dunn et al, 2005;. Consequently, some of the central studies discussed in this chapter either used domain-specific measures of perfectionism (particularly the studies regarding sport performance) or presented participants the perfectionism measures together with instructions emphasizing the specific domain that the researchers were interested in.…”