“Healthy Perfectionism” is an Oxymoron!: Reflections on the Psychology of Perfectionism and the Sociology of Science

By T. Greenspon. 2000

160 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Joachim Stoeber
2. A. Hill
3. O. Stoll
4. Howard K. Hall
5. Paul R. Appleton
6. Eva Pescheck
7. K. Otto
8. Tracy L. Cross

In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. Joachim Stoeber
2. O. Stoll
3. A. Hill
4. Howard K. Hall
5. Eva Pescheck
6. K. Otto
7. Paul R. Appleton
8. Timothy J. Huelsman

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Joachim Stoeber
2. Eva Pescheck
3. A. Hill
4. Timothy J. Huelsman
5. K. Otto
6. R. Hill
7. O. Stoll
8. D. Chan

Citations in the corpus

• Clinical and Mental Health Issues in Counseling the Gifted Individual (2015, background): “There is a counter-literature, however, that dismisses conceptions of an adaptive or healthy perfectionism, considering it instead a disorder (Flett & Hewitt, 2006; Greenspon, 2000, 2012).”
• Perfectionism and achievement goals in athletes: Relations with approach and avoidance orientations in mastery and performance goals (2008, result): “…use of the terms positive, adaptive, functional, or healthy in combination with the term perfectionism in clinical and counseling psychology (e.g., Greenspon, 2000; see also Benson, 2003), our conclusions are in line with cumulative evidence from a recent review on positive conceptions of…”
• An Empirical Typology of Perfectionism in Gifted Adolescents (2004, background): “Greenspon (2000) argued that “perfectionism is a wound; it is never healthy, and it may never heal entirely” (p. 207).”
• The mediating influence of unconditional self-acceptance and labile self-esteem on the relationship between multidimensional perfectionism and exercise dependence. (2009, background): “Some scholars maintain that despite the potential of perfectionism to bring about desirable achievement outcomes, it should not be considered as an adaptive disposition (Flett & Hewitt, 2002; Greenspon, 2000; Hall, 2006).”
• Positive Conceptions of Perfectionism: Approaches, Evidence, Challenges (2006, unknown): “Therefore, we chose to follow Parker (1997, 2000; Stumpf & Parker, 2000; cf. Greenspon, 2000) and speak of healthy and unhealthy perfectionists, because healthy does not necessarily denote that something is conducive to health, but may simply denote that something (or someone) enjoys or evinces…”
• Life Satisfaction, Happiness, and the Growth Mindset of Healthy and Unhealthy Perfectionists Among Hong Kong Chinese Gifted Students (2012, background): “Despite the increasing recognition that positive and negative perfectionism can be distinguished, some researchers still have serious doubts that perfectionism can be positive, healthy, or functional (e.g., Flett & Hewitt, 2002, 2005; Greenspon, 2000).”
• Perfectionistic concerns suppress associations between perfectionistic strivings and positive life outcomes (2010, background): “Despite these reports, some investigators have expressed doubts that perfectionism can be positive, adaptive, or healthy (Flett & Hewitt, 2002, 2005; Greenspon, 2000).”
• Perfectionism and burnout in junior elite soccer players: The mediating influence of unconditional self-acceptance (2008, background): “Greenspon (2000) has argued that feelings of conditional self-acceptance are central to both the etiology and maintenance of dispositional perfectionism.”