Perfectionism and psychopathology: a review of research and treatment.

By Roz Shafran, Warren Mansell. Clinical Psychology Review, 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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On Psychological Growth and Vulnerability: Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Need Frustration as a Unifying Principle (2013, background): “These high standards are pursued in a rigid fashion and are typically accompanied by black-and-white thinking (Shafran & Mansell, 2001).”
Processes of personal identity formation and evaluation. (2011, background): “The setting of high standards, however, becomes maladaptive perfectionism when individuals rigidly adhere to their standards and chronically engage in negative self-evaluations (Shafran & Mansell, 2001).”
Evaluative Concerns and Personal Standards Perfectionism: Self-esteem as a Mediator and Moderator of Relations with Personal and Academic Needs and Estimated GPA (2008, background): “investigators view perfectionism as a multidimensional construct and research has determined that different components are related differentially to maladaptive and some adaptive qualities (for reviews see Bieling et al. 2004; Blankstein and Dunkley 2002; Enns and Cox 2002; Parker 2002; Shafran and ”
A Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Intervention for the Treatment of Perfectionism and Self-Handicapping in a Nonclinical Population (2007, background): “Despite extensive research (see Shafran & Mansell, 2001 for a review), significant differences remain regarding how the construct of perfectionism is defined.”
Autonomous and controlled regulation of performance-approach goals: Their relations to perfectionism and educational outcomes (2010, background): “We focused on perfectionism as a potential precursor of PAp goals because a central characteristic of perfectionism involves the setting of high personal standards for performance and achievement (Blatt 1995; Shafran and Mansell 2001).”
Perfectionism Dimensions and the Five–factor Model of Personality (2012, background): “…decades, perfectionism has received increasing empirical attention as a multidimensional cognitive‐personality construct that is presumed to play a role in various psychological problems, such as depression and anxiety (see Bardone‐Cone et al., 2007; Flett & Hewitt, 2002; Shafran & Mansell, 2001).”
The role of emotional dysregulation in perfectionism and psychological distress. (2006, background): “Furthermore, in their critique of perfectionism conceptualizations and measures, Shafran and Mansel (2001) argued that “it may be better to consider doubts about actions as a symptom of OCD [obsessive–compulsive disorder] rather than as part of perfectionism” (p. 894) because the items for the…”
Perfectionistic concerns suppress associations between perfectionistic strivings and positive life outcomes (2010, background): “…of negative outcomes including depression, social anxiety and social phobias, obsessive–compulsive disorder, eating disorders, somatic complaints, and maladaptive personality characteristics (for detailed reviews see Flett and Hewitt, 2002, Shafran and Mansell, 2001 and Stoeber and Otto, 2006).”
The Perfectionism Cognitions Inventory: Psychometric Properties and Associations with Distress and Deficits in Cognitive Self-management (2007, methodology): “Although the CSMT has not been used extensively, it was included in light of the stated importance of defining perfectionism in a way that emphasizes the inflexibility and rigidity of perfectionists (see Shafran, Cooper, & Fairburn, 2002; Shafran & Mansell, 2001).”
Life Satisfaction, Happiness, and the Growth Mindset of Healthy and Unhealthy Perfectionists Among Hong Kong Chinese Gifted Students (2012, background): “…Hong Kong, life satisfaction, perfectionism Evolving conceptions of perfectionism suggest that perfectionism commonly viewed from the traditional pathological perspective (see Shafran & Mansell, 2001) could be distinguished in its positive as well as negative aspects (see Stoeber & Otto, 2006).”