8: Perfectionism Flashcards
What are two types of perfectionism when scoring the short form of the Multidimensional Perfectionism scale?
Self-oriented perfectionism (i.e., demanding perfection of oneself).
Socially prescribed perfectionism (i.e., perceiving that other people are demanding perfection of oneself).
Trait perfectionism includes self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism. What is the third dimension?
Other-oriented perfectionism: requiring perfection out of other people.
Sylvia Plath was high in what dimensions of perfectionism? Steve Jobs?
Plath: self-oriented and socially prescribed.
Jobs: other-oriented and self-oriented.
According to Frost et al. (1990), what are the six traits in trait perfectionism? Of them, which two are most problematic in terms of psychopathology? Which is no longer favoured as a perfectionism dimension?
Concern over mistakes.
High personal standards.
High parental expectations.
Harsh parental criticism.
Doubts about actions.
Organization.
Problematic: concern over mistakes, doubts about actions.
No longer favoured: organization.
According to Stoeber and Otto (2006), what three dimensions encompass Perfectionistic Concerns? What do they tend to be, what are they associated with, and which trait of the Big Five are they most similar to?
Socially prescribed perfectionism, concern over mistakes, doubts about abilities.
Maladaptive, associated with psychopathology, similar to neuroticism.
According to Stoeber and Otto (2006), what two dimensions encompass Perfectionistic Strivings? Are these positive or negative qualities? Which trait of the Big Five are they most similar to?
Self-oriented perfectionism, personal standards.
Can be positive or negative, adaptiveness depends on situation. Similar to conscientiousness.
According to Nealis et al. (2016), what four dimensions encompass Narcissistic Perfectionism? What do they tend to be associated with?
Narcissistic grandiosity, narcissistic entitlement, high standards for others, other-oriented perfectionism.
Associated with Dark Triad, low agreeableness.
Self-oriented perfectionism is seen by Stoeber and Otto (2006) as _____ while socially prescribed is seen as _____.
Adaptive; maladaptive.
Perfectionistic concerns are a risk factor for what three things?
Depression.
Anxiety (esp. social anxiety).
Eating disorders.
What is the Social Disconnection Model in Couples?
Perfectionism leads to conflict in close relationships, which can in turn lead to depression. Depression can in turn reinforce conflict, creating a cycle.
Partial correlations suggest that perfectionistic strivings may be correlated with what two positive things? Conversely, what are two negative associations?
Higher subjective well-being, higher levels of achievement.
Doing things over and over until perfect, more severe decreases in well-being after failure.
A study on perfectionism and professors (and their research productivity) in North America revealed what?
Conscientiousness facilitates research productivity; self-oriented perfectionism impedes research productivity.
Psychodynamic approaches suggest the development of “neurotic” perfectionism tends to occur in 1 of 2 kinds of emotive environments. What are they?
Nonapproval or inconsistent approval in which parents fail to establish explicit performance standards for child.
Parental expressions of conditional positive approval far exceed those of unconditional positive approval.
_____ is characteristic of parents who pressure their children to think, feel, and behave in ways they themselves dictate.
Psychological control.
