On the development of perfectionism in adolescence: Perceived parental expectations predict longitudinal increases in socially prescribed perfectionism ☆

By Lavinia E. Damian, Joachim Stoeber, O. Negru, A. Băban. 2013

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Abstract Adolescence is regarded a key period when individual differences in perfectionism develop. Yet, so far only a few longitudinal studies have investigated the development of perfectionism in adolescents. Using a longitudinal correlational design with 381 adolescents aged 15–19 years, the present study investigated whether perceived parental expectations and criticism predicted longitudinal increases in self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism over 7–9 months. Results showed that perceived parental expectations predicted longitudinal increases in socially prescribed perfectionism: Adolescents who perceived that their parents had high expectations of them at Time 1, showed increased socially prescribed perfectionism from Time 1 to Time 2 compared to adolescents who did not perceive their parents having such high expectations. No such effect was found for self-oriented perfectionism. The findings provide supportive evidence for the social expectations model of the development of perfectionism regarding socially prescribed perfectionism, but not self-oriented perfectionism. Implications of this finding for the understanding of the development of perfectionism and future studies are discussed.

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

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Joachim Stoeber
2. P. Hewitt
3. Gordon L. Flett
4. Simon B. Sherry
5. D. Madigan
6. Martin M. Smith
7. Sabrina Ge
8. Dayna L. Baggley

In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. Joachim Stoeber
2. Gordon L. Flett
3. P. Hewitt
4. Simon B. Sherry
5. D. Madigan
6. K. Blankstein
7. Kenneth G. Rice
8. David M. Dunkley

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Joachim Stoeber
2. Gordon L. Flett
3. P. Hewitt
4. D. Madigan
5. Scott E. Caplan
6. F. Sirois

Citations in the corpus

• Multidimensional perfectionism turns 30: A review of known knowns and known unknowns. (2021, background): “However, these studies suggest qualifications to Frost et al.’s (1990) model: Namely, parental expectations and parental criticism are developmental precursors of perfectionism as opposed to core features of perfectionism (Damian et al., 2013).”
• Measuring Perfectionism in Sport, Dance, and Exercise: Review, Critique, Recommendations (2016, background): “, 1990) which is important because parental expectations and parental criticism have shown different effects in the etiology of perfectionism (Damian et al., 2013; McArdle & Duda, 2008).”