Perfectionism, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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The Destructiveness of Perfectionism Revisited: Implications for the Assessment of Suicide Risk and the Prevention of Suicide (2014, background): “Concern over mistakes and doubts about actions have been linked consistently with maladjustment, including indices of suicide ideation (see Frost & DiBartolo, 2002; Hewitt, Flett, Sherry, & Caelian, 2006).”
Do you want me to be perfect? Two longitudinal studies on socially prescribed perfectionism, stress and burnout in the workplace (2012, unknown): “…forms of anxiety, suicide ideation and suicide attempts, harsh self-criticism, exercise dependence and disordered eating, and martial maladjustment (Frost & DiBartolo, 2002; Goldner, Cockell, & Srikameswaran, 2002; Hall, Hill, Appleton, & Kozub, 2009; Haring, Hewitt, & Flett, 2003; Hewitt & Flett,…”
2007 Presidential Address: Fear of Losing Control: Power, Perfectionism, and the Psychology of Women (2008, background): “…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…”
Perfectionism as a transdiagnostic process: a clinical review. (2011, background): “Perfectionism has a robust association with anxiety (Frost & DiBartolo, 2002).”