Perfectionism explains variance in self-defeating behaviors beyond self-criticism: Evidence from a cross-national sample

Abstract

(2016) Perfectionism explains variance in self-defeating behaviors beyond self-criticism: Evidence from a cross-national sample.Personality and Individual Differences, 295 British), this study examined whether evaluative concerns perfectionism (socially prescribed perfectionism, concern over mistakes, doubts about actions) explained variance in self-defeating behaviors (binge eating, procrastination, interpersonal conflict) after controlling for selfcriticism. Results showed that-after controlling for self-criticism-concern over mistakes predicted binge eating, doubts about actions predicted procrastination, and socially prescribed perfectionism and concern over mistakes predicted interpersonal conflict. Self-criticism also uniquely predicted self-defeating behaviors beyond evaluative concerns perfectionism. The relationships that evaluative concerns perfectionism shows with self-defeating behaviors appear neither redundant with nor fully captured by self-criticism. Results dovetail with theoretical accounts suggesting evaluative concerns perfectionism is a uniquely important part of the personality of people prone to self-defeating behaviors.

The advantages of partialling perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns: Critical issues and recommendations

“…The correlations with PS, however, are considerably smaller than those with PC (e.g., Dunkley, Zuroff, & Blankstein, 2006). This pattern PARTIALLING PERFECTIONISTIC STRIVINGS AND CONCERNS 6 of relations suggests that self-criticism is closely related to PC, but not to PS (Dunkley et al, 2006;Sherry, Stoeber, & Ramasubbu, 2016). Consequently, evidence is lacking to suggest that either conditional self-acceptance or self-criticism should be considered defining characteristics of PS.…”

Perfeccionismo infantil: Normalización de una escala argentina para su evaluación

“…También se ha asociado a una alta capacidad intelectual, buenas calificaciones, creatividad, a un alto estándar de rendimiento y planificación profesional (Chan, 2009;Sastre-Riba, 2012, Stoeber, Mutinelli y Corr, 2016Stoeber y Otto, 2006). En contraparte, el perfeccionismo insano implica una actitud autocrítica desmedida, tendencia a la preocupación excesiva por los errores, pensamiento dicotómico (todo o nada), intolerancia al fracaso, inseguridad en relación a los logros personales y autodepreciación cuando éstos no son alcanzados (Castro-Fornieleset al, 2007;Frost, Marlen, Lahart y Rosenblate, 1990;Sherry, Stoeber y Ramasubbu, 2016). De acuerdo a Slaney, Rice, Mobley, Trippi y Ashby (2001), el elemento que distingue al perfeccionismo sano del desadaptativo es la discrepancia entre los altos estándares autoimpuestos y el desempeño percibido.…”

“…Los individuos con perfeccionismo desadaptativo tienen una mayor prevalencia a experimentar síntomas del desorden afectivo, como depresión y ansiedad (Abdi, Gholamreza Chalabianloo, Joorbonyan, 2015;Egan, Wade y Shafran, 2011), y a presentar actitudes y conductas alimentarias de riesgo (Boone, Soenens, Braet, y Goossens, 2010;Dour y Theran, 2011;Sherry, Stoeber y Ramasubbu, 2016), estrategias disfuncionales para enfrentar el estrés (Sirois y Molnar, 2014), adicción al trabajo (Stoeber, Davis y Townley, 2013) e inclinación suicida (Kiamanesh, Dyregrov, Haavind y Dieserud, 2014;Rasmussen, Slish, Wingate, Davidson y Grant, 2012), entre otras características perjudiciales.…”

Perfectionism and false memories: A signal detection analysis

“…Perfectionism is a personality trait associated with a preoccupation with accuracy (e.g., Sherry, Stoeber, & Ramasubbu, 2016;Stoeber, 2011;Stoeber & Eysenck, 2008;see Flett, Nepon, & Hewitt, 2016, for a review). The present study, therefore, investigated the involvement of perfectionism in false memories processes.…”

“…Perfectionistic strivings is described as the tendency to set extremely high personal standards, whereas perfectionistic concerns refers to the tendency to be worried and over-preoccupied with making mistakes and with feelings of discrepancy between one's standards and performance (e.g., Lo & Abbott, 2013;Sherry et al, 2016;Stoeber, 2011). Studies have revealed numerous characteristics associated with perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns.…”