A Systematic Review on the Psychological Effects of Perfectionism and Accompanying Treatment

The influence of technology affordance on addictive use in MMOGs: from the perspective of virtual-domain perfectionism

“…For the relationship between virtual-domain perfectionism and addictive use in MMOGs, we found that both VPSE and VPAF were contributing to addictive use. Pursuing perfection in the virtual game world is a precursor of addictive use, consistent with the previous analysis that perfectionism is a precursor of many psychological disorders (Patterson et al, 2021). Unlike previous studies that linked perfectionistic striving (similar to VPSE) to positive outcomes while linked perfectionistic concern (similar to VPAF) to negative outcomes (Stoeber and Otto, 2006;Hill and Curran, 2016), our study demonstrates that both types of perfectionism have negative effects in the virtual game world.…”

“…In MMOGs, perfection is more accessible with more exploring opportunities, resulting in addictive behavior. Perfectionism is a domain-specific concept and can be the precursor and result of many psychological disorders (Patterson et al, 2021). In the domain of virtual worlds, scant attention was placed on the relationships between perfectionism and behavioral addiction.…”

The effectiveness of short-term dynamic/interpersonal group therapy on perfectionism; assessment of anxiety, depression and interpersonal problems

“…In general, therapeutic and clinical work with perfectionistic individuals represents an effort to understand and bring to the world a special narrative that serves the need to develop perfectionism and provides insight into the role that perfectionism now plays in creating a sense of interpersonal security and belonging in a person’s life (Hewitt, Flett, & Mikail, 2017 ). Although it has been argued in various studies that perfectionist behaviour treatment may require long-term therapy focused on in-depth interventions (Patterson et al ., 2021 ), this may certainly be the case for some individuals. However, this study shows that a short-term group therapy approach of 16 sessions can produce clinically significant changes in various components of perfectionism.…”

“…Patterson and colleagues have done a systematic review on the psychological effects of perfectionism and accompanying treatment from 2010 to 2020 (Patterson et al ., 2021 ). The results showed that the treatment with the most prominent research and widely reported use is cognitive behavioural therapy, carried out in various individual, group, and Internet-based forms (Egan & Hine, 2008 ; Egan et al ., 2011 ; Rozental et al ., 2017 ).…”

“…Patterson et al . ( 2021 ) also argue that people with perfectionistic styles respond more to psychodynamic and relational treatments than symptom-oriented group therapies (Cheek et al ., 2018 ; Esposito et al ., 2021 ). Insignificantly, those meta-analytic studies have shown that other treatments, such as CBT, have indicated that the changes achieved are only in some cognitive characteristics of perfectionism, not in its more deeply rooted traits and relational features (Mikail et al ., 2022 ).…”