Why does perfectionism confer risk for depressive symptoms? A meta-analytic test of the mediating role of stress and social disconnection

Smith, Martin M.; Sherry, Simon; Vidovic, Vanja; Hewitt, Paul L.; Flett, Gordon L.

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103954

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“…According to the expanded PSDM, all three dimensions of perfectionism are positively related to indicators of social disconnection (see also Hewitt et al, 2017). Whereas studies have confirmed that this includes the dimension of self-oriented perfectionism (Smith et al, 2020), not all three perfectionism dimensions may be positively related to hostility and aggression. This is suggested by a number of studies indicating that only other-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism consistently show positive relationships with hostility and aggression, but not self-oriented perfectionism.…”

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Perfectionism and aggression following unintentional, ambiguous, and intentional provocation

Stoeber

Hadjivassiliou

2020

Curr Psychol

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The social disconnection model of perfectionism posits that perfectionism is positively related to various indicators of social disconnection including hostility and aggression. Recent findings, however, indicate that only other-oriented and sociallyprescribed perfectionism are positively related to aggression, not self-oriented perfectionism. The present study (N = 271) further examined the perfectionism-aggression relationships using social vignettes differentiating aggression following unintentional, ambiguous, and intentional provocation. Results showed thatwhen the overlap between the perfectionism dimensions was controlledonly other-oriented perfectionism showed positive relationships with aggression across provocation situations. In contrast, socially prescribed perfectionism showed a positive relationship only with aggression following unintentional provocation, and self-oriented perfectionism showed a negative relationship. The findings suggest that, whereas people high in selforiented perfectionism tend to be unaggressive, people high in other-oriented perfectionism have a general tendency toward aggression, and people high in socially prescribed perfectionism show a hostile attribution bias.

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Perfectionism and aggression following unintentional, ambiguous, and intentional provocation

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2020

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“…From a longitudinal perspective, socially prescribed perfectionism was predictive of anxiety, difficulties in emotion regulation, and bullying involvement (Damian, Negru-Subtirica, Stoeber, & Băban, 2017;Farrell & Vaillancourt, 2019;Vois & Damian, 2020). The negative impact of this form of perfectionism was attributed to the social disconnection and increased stress generated by the excessive goals and performance expectations believed to be set by significant others, as indicated in a recent meta-analysis (Smith, Sherry, Vidovic, Hewitt, & Flett, 2020).…”

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The Very Best of Me: Longitudinal Associations of Perfectionism and Identity Processes in Adolescence

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“…Most "types" of perfectionism (there are multiple ways to measure perfectionism multidimensionally) present weak to moderate relationships with depression for both clinical and non-clinical samples (Limburg et al, 2017). Also, the mechanism of action is rarely investigated in the literature (Smith, 2020).…”

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Risky Parental Practices and Their Implications in Adult Psychopathology

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2021

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There are many ways in which an individual may fail as a parent. Most parents have good intentions, but that’s the exact reason why there’s an urgent need to clarify good parenting practices. This paper will look at risky parenting practices (e.g., guilt-inducing criticism) and their relationship with psychopathology (depression and anxiety, in this case) using socially prescribed perfectionism as a mediator. All eight mediations turned out to be statistically significant with six out of eight analyses being full mediations. Also, the relationships between the facets of perfectionism, depression, and anxiety are consistent with the findings of other studies up until this point. Considering the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and psychopathology, practical implications are discussed.

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Why does perfectionism confer risk for depressive symptoms? A meta-analytic test of the mediating role of stress and social disconnection

Cited by 41 publications

References 82 publications

Perfectionism and aggression following unintentional, ambiguous, and intentional provocation

Perfectionism and aggression following unintentional, ambiguous, and intentional provocation

The Very Best of Me: Longitudinal Associations of Perfectionism and Identity Processes in Adolescence

Risky Parental Practices and Their Implications in Adult Psychopathology

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