Perfectionism and the self-conscious emotions: Shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride.

By June P Tangney. 2002

127 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Joachim Stoeber
2. Gordon L. Flett
3. P. Hewitt
4. Marnin J Heisel
5. J. Chrisler
6. R. A. Harris
7. Paul S. Moon
8. A. Hill

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Joachim Stoeber
2. P. Hewitt
3. Gordon L. Flett
4. R. A. Harris
5. Paul S. Moon
6. J. Chrisler
7. Scott E. Caplan

Citations in the corpus

• Perfectionism and the experience of pride, shame, and guilt: Comparing healthy perfectionists, unhealthy perfectionists, and non-perfectionists (2007, background): “Four studies have investigated how self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism relate to shame and guilt (Hewitt & Flett, 1991; Klibert, Langhinrichsen-Rohling, & Saito, 2005; Lutwak & Ferrari, 1996; Tangney, 2002) and one how they relate to pride (Tangney, 2002).”
• The Destructiveness of Perfectionism Revisited: Implications for the Assessment of Suicide Risk and the Prevention of Suicide (2014, background): “If perfectionism has not been ameliorated via treatment, in all likelihood the risk of a subsequent attempt is especially high among perfectionists with a history of self-injury, especially given the propensity for perfectionists to experience shame (see Tangney, 2002).”
• Facets of self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism and feelings of pride, shame, and guilt following success and failure (2008, background): “…of perfectionism – because they have excessively high standards and are overly self-critical – regard all their achievements as under-achievements and thus are prone to experience shame and guilt and unable to experience pride (e.g., Sorotzkin, 1985; see Tangney, 2002 for a comprehensive review).”
• 2007 Presidential Address: Fear of Losing Control: Power, Perfectionism, and the Psychology of Women (2008, background): “Research on socially prescribed perfectionists indicates that they report anxiety in response to situations that others do not find especially stressful (Frost & DiBartolo, 2002); they also tend to be “overcontrolled,” to self-handicap (Habke & Flynn, 2002), and to be particularly prone to shame (Ta”