Domains of perfectionism: Prevalence and relationships with perfectionism, gender, age, and satisfaction with life

By Joachim Stoeber, F. Stoeber. 2009

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science

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Relationship among perfectionism, academic procrastination and life satisfaction of university students (2010, background): “…the literature is analyzed, it is discerned that there is a negative correlation between socially-prescribed perfectionism and life satisfaction (Stoeber & Stoeber, 2009; Ashby and Rice, 2002; Mitchelson & Burns, 1998) and that no correlation exists between selforiented perfectionism and life…”
The Physical Appearance Perfectionism Scale: Development and Preliminary Validation (2011, background): “…that levels of perfectionism show marked differences between domains such as work, academics, sport, interpersonal relations, and home life (e.g., Cain, Bardone-Cone, Abramson, Vohs, & Joiner, 2008; Dunn, Gotwals, & Causgrove Dunn, 2005; McArdle, 2010; Mitchelson, 2009; Stoeber & Stoeber, 2009).”
Measuring Perfectionism in Sport, Dance, and Exercise: Review, Critique, Recommendations (2016, background): “Finally, it is important to note that few perfectionists are perfectionistic in all domains of life and, if you ask people about perfectionism in general, most will mention work, school, or studies but not sport, dance, or exercise (Slaney & Ashby, 1996; Stoeber & Stoeber, 2009).”
Perfectionism and Performance (2012, positive): “Furthermore, future research has to take note that perfectionism can be highly domain-specific (e.g., Dunn et al., 2005; Stoeber & Stoeber, 2009).”
Do you want me to be perfect? Two longitudinal studies on socially prescribed perfectionism, stress and burnout in the workplace (2012, background): “Perfectionism is a common personality characteristic that can affect all domains of life but is most prevalent in the domain of work with 53% of people in a sample of internet users reporting that they are perfectionistic at work (Stoeber & Stoeber, 2009; see also Slaney & Ashby, 1996).”
Risk Factors for Parental Burnout among Finnish Parents: The Role of Socially Prescribed Perfectionism (2020, background): “First, although perfectionism has been largely viewed as a disposition that affects all domains (Hewitt and Flett 1991), recent evidence suggests that people may be perfectionists only in certain domains (Stoeber and Stoeber 2009).”
A Review of the Factors Associated with Marital Satisfaction (2017, background): “Perfectionism affects all aspects of life, including romantic relationships and marital satisfaction [51].”
The dual nature of perfectionism in sports: relationships with emotion, motivation, and performance (2011, background): “The reason is that perfectionism is often domain-specific (Stoeber & Stoeber, 2009).”
Perfectionism in Employees: Work Engagement, Workaholism, and Burnout (2016, background): “Moreover, it missed Taris, van Beek, and Schaufeli (2010). 4Regression weights are similar to partial correlations, with positive regression weights indicating a positive relationship and negative regression weights a negative relationship (Cohen, Cohen, West, & Aiken, 2003).”