Anxiety and Perfectionism: Relationships, Mechanisms, and Conditions

Perfectionistic concerns predict increases in adolescents’ anxiety symptoms: a three-wave longitudinal study

“…In line with theory and research indicating that the perfectionism dimension driving anxiety is perfectionistic concerns, not perfectionistic strivings (Burgess & DiBartolo, 2016), we expected that perfectionistic concerns would predict longitudinal increases in anxiety, but also examined potential effects of perfectionistic strivings (O'Connor et al, 2010) as well as potential reciprocal effects (Gautreau et al, 2015).…”

“…Hence, future studies should test possible moderators of this relationship to find under which circumstances perfectionistic strivings are positively, negatively, or not associated with anxiety (cf. Burgess & DiBartolo, 2016).…”

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

“…Perfectionism is broadly conceptualized as a personality style associated with a drive to achieve beyond a reasonable standard and accompanied by marked feelings of self-criticism (Frost et al, 1990). Perfectionism is pervasive and increasing in Western culture, affecting various age groups, ethnicities, and socio-economic classes (Burgess & Dibartolo, 2016). A meta-analysis conducted by Curran and Hill (2019), found perfectionism has increased 32% in the birth cohort of United States, Canadian, and British students from 1989-2016.…”

The Big Three Perfectionism Scale: Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance in a Turkish Sample

“…Perfectionism is a crucial concept in psychology as perfectionism has been found to be related to many important factors affecting daily and academic life. Many studies show that there is a relationship between perfectionism and poor sleep (Brand et al, 2015), anxiety, depression (Burgess & DiBartolo, 2016; Egan, Kane, Winton, Eliot, & McEvoy, 2017; Flett, Hewitt, & Dyck, 1989; Smith, Saklofske, Yan, & Sherry, 2017), self-esteem (Deuling & Burn, 2017; Flett, Hewitt, Blankstein, & O’Brien, 1991), stress (Flett, Nepon, Hewitt, & Fitzgerald, 2016; Rice & Van Arsdale, 2010), and burnout (Appleton, Hall, & Hill, 2009; Gustafsson, Hill, Stenling, & Wagnsson, 2015). Perfectionism might cause eating disorders (Egan et al, 2017) and obsessive–compulsive disorder (Boone, Braet, Vandereycken, & Claes, 2013; Limburg, Watson, Hagger, & Egan, 2017; Moretz & McKay, 2009).…”