Understanding the Role of Dimensions of Perfectionism on Anxiety Sensitivity

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between dimensions of perfectionism and anxiety sensitivity. The study group is composed by 398 (211 female; 187 male) students who were studying at the pedagogical formation certificate program at Mugla Sitki Kocman University. The data were collected by using the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale and Anxiety Sensitivity Index-R. Pearson product-moment correlation analysis was employed to study the relationships between anxiety sensitivity and dimensions of perfectionism; structural equation modeling was also used for explaining the predictive role of dimensions of perfectionism on anxiety sensitivity. Concern over mistakes, personal standards, parental expectations, parental criticism, doubts about actions, and organization dimensions of perfectionism were found to be significantly correlated to anxiety sensitivity. A significant impact of six dimensions of perfectionism on anxiety sensitivity was detected. The theoretical implications of the link between perfectionism and anxiety sensitivity were discussed.

A Systematic Review on the Psychological Effects of Perfectionism and Accompanying Treatment

“…Additionally, and consistent with themes found throughout this project, the authors noted the marked anxiety in those individuals with the highest scores in socially-prescribed perfectionism (Akram et al, 2015). Erozkan (2016) identified six key areas that are complicit in a positive association with anxiety and perfectionism: doubts about actions, high personal standards, high parental expectations, and a tendency to perceive one's parents as being critical. Damian et al (2017) also found that individuals who displayed perfectionist strivings coupled with marked perfectionistic concerns were a risk factor for maladaptive ruminative thinking and inherently present in those who display perfectionistic personality traits.…”

Проблема Перфекціонізму В Психології

“…A. Erozkan [7] пояснює складність як структури перфекціонізму, так, вочевидь, і його визначення / розуміння, тим, що у ньому, як у комплексі, інтегральній конструкції, поєднані когнітивний, емоційний, мотиваційний і поведінковий фактори / процеси. Він зазначає, що, хоча остаточне і прийняте всіма науковцями, які вивчають проблему перфекціонізму, визначення цього явища наразі відсутнє, проте існує принципова згода щодо його повторюваних вченими характеристик: встановлення людиною найвищих / нереальних стандартів своєї діяльності та її переживання щодо власної відповідності / невідповідності їм.…”

Empirical Evidence for a New Class of Personality Disorder: The Safety-Oriented Personality Style or Phobicentric Psychopathology (SOPS/PCP) and Impact on Personality Psychology

“…The evidence seems to show that elevated levels of pathological perfectionism may underlie a variety of co-morbid anxiety psychopathology. It is remarkable that the attributes that pertain to SOPS/PCP include all of the above characteristics ascribed to mal-adaptive perfectionism, self-handicapping and anxiety sensitivity (Erozkan, 2016;Levinson et al, 2015;Gnilka et al, 2012;Egan et al, 2011;Kearns et al, 2008;Schweitzer & Hamilton, 2002;Frost et al, 1990).…”