“…A Duke University steering committee report (Roth, 2003) issued at Duke University after a 2002 campus climate study focused on the experiences of Duke women (including undergraduates, graduate students, alumnae, staff, and faculty) suggested the existence of pervasive pressures to achieve perfection within their undergraduate student population. The existence of these pressures has already been reflected in the literature (Chang & Rand, 2000;Dunkley, Blankstein, Halsall, Williams, & Winkworth, 2000;D'Zurilla & Sheedy, 1991;Gadzella, 1994;Dunkel-Schetter & Lobel, 1990;Hirsch & Ellis, 1996;Rice, Ashby, Slaney, 1998;Ross, Neibling, & Heckert, 1999;Stevens & Pfost, 1984;Towbes & Cohen, 1996). According to the steering committee's report, high levels of stress in the lives of female college students has created a unique set of expectations for female students (Roth, 2003).…”