“…The study of perfectionism has progressed significantly with the introduction of its multidimensional conceptualization, which recognizes two higher-order dimensions of this phenomenon: adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism (Dunkley, Starrs, Gouveia & Moroz, 2020;Thakre & Sebastian, 2021, Stojiljković, Todorović, Dosković & Todorović, 2011. Although different theoretical models use different terms for negative perfectionism (perfectionistic concerns, evaluative concerns, selfcritical perfectionism, and discrepancy), conceptual similarities between them far outweigh the differences, which justifies the use of maladaptive perfectionism as an umbrella term (Woodrum & Kahn, 2022).…”