Perfectionism and competitive anxiety in athletes: Differentiating striving for perfection and negative reactions to imperfection

By Joachim Stoeber, K. Otto, Eva Pescheck, C. Becker, O. Stoll. 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Relations between multidimensional perfectionism and burnout in junior-elite male athletes. (2009, background): “One potential explanation for this finding is that self-oriented perfectionism may reflect adaptive motivational qualities consistent with striving to achieve excellence rather than a preoccupation with maladaptive evaluation concerns (Frost et al., 1990; Slaney, Ashby, & Trippi, 1995; Stoeber et a”
The dual nature of perfectionism in sports: relationships with emotion, motivation, and performance (2011, background): “…between perfectionism and competitive anxiety in athletes (Frost & Henderson, 1991; Gotwals, Dunn, Causgrove Dunn, & Gamache, 2010; Hall, Kerr, & Matthews, 1998; Koivula et al., 2002; Martinent & Ferrand, 2006, 2007; Martinent, Ferrand, Guillet, & Gautheur, 2010; Stoeber et al., 2007).”
Perfectionism and performance in a new basketball training task: Does striving for perfection enhance or undermine performance? (2008, result): “However, when the relationships of different aspects of perfectionism were regarded, the findings across studies show that only concern over mistakes and negative reactions to imperfection showed consistent relationships with high competitive anxiety and low self-confidence in competitions (Stoeber ”
Perfectionism and Performance (2012, unknown): “…as indicated by the significant (and often high) positive correlations between perfectionistic strivings and concerns found in terms of general perfectionism (Stoeber & Otto, 2006) and perfectionism in sport (e.g., Stoeber, Otto, Pescheck, Becker, & Stoll, 2007; Stoeber, Stoll, et al., 2009).”
Perfectionism and burnout in junior elite soccer players: The mediating influence of unconditional self-acceptance (2008, unknown): “, 1998; Koivula, Hassmen, & Fallby, 2002), and debilitating performance anxiety (Mor, Day, Flett, & Hewitt, 1995; Stoeber et al., 2007).”
Measuring Perfectionism in Sport, Dance, and Exercise: Review, Critique, Recommendations (2016, background): “The 5-item scales capturing striving for perfection and negative reaction to imperfection have shown reliability and validity in numerous studies (e.g., Stoeber et al., 2007; Stoeber et al., 2008; Stoll, Lau, & Stoeber, 2008).”
Perfectionism in young musicians: Relations with motivation, effort, achievement, and distress (2007, unknown): “…striving for perfection is associated with positive characteristics and outcomes, whereas negative reactions to imperfection are associated with negative characteristics and outcomes (Stoeber & Otto, 2006; Stoeber et al., 2007; Stoeber & Rambow, 2007; Stoeber, Stoll, Pescheck, & Otto, in press).”
Are perfectionistic strivings in sport adaptive? A systematic review of confirmatory, contradictory, and mixed evidence. (2012, background): “However, for only two studies (Hall et al., 1998; Stoeber et al., 2007) did Stoeber compare the findings obtained prior to controlling for the perfectionistic strivings concerns overlap with those obtained after controlling for the overlap.”
Perfectionism and achievement goals in athletes: Relations with approach and avoidance orientations in mastery and performance goals (2008, methodology): “001, indicating that it may be important to control for the overlap between the two facets of perfectionism (cf. Stoeber & Otto, 2006; Stoeber et al., 2007).”