Ethnic variations between Asian and European Americans in interpersonal sources of socially prescribed perfectionism: It’s not just about parents!

Perera, Marisa J.; Chang, Edward C.

doi:10.1037/a0036175

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“…These findings suggest perfectionism dimensions may have different consequences for undergraduates from collectivistic and individualistic cultures (Chang, 2013;Perera & Chang, 2015). Nevertheless, whether these consequences include depression, anxiety, stress or satisfaction with life, after controlling for neuroticism, is unclear.…”

Section: Advancing Research On Cultural Differences In Perfectionismmentioning

confidence: 95%

Does Perfectionism Predict Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Life Satisfaction After Controlling for Neuroticism?

Smith

Saklofske

Gao

et al. 2017

Journal of Individual Differences

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Abstract. Neuroticism overlaps substantially with several perfectionism dimensions, depression, anxiety, stress, and life satisfaction. Accordingly, research testing whether perfectionism dimensions explain unique variance in these outcomes beyond neuroticism is needed. Research on cultural differences in perfectionism is also scarce. And it is especially unclear whether the link between perfectionism and psychological distress differs across individualistic and collectivistic cultures. Our study addressed these important gaps in knowledge. A sample of undergraduates from a traditionally individualistic culture (Canada; N = 449) and a traditionally collectivistic culture (China; N = 585) completed measures of self-oriented perfectionism, personal standards, socially prescribed perfectionism, concern over mistakes, doubts about actions, depression, anxiety, stress, and satisfaction with life. To test the incremental validity of perfectionism dimensions beyond neuroticism, as well as to test potential moderating effects of culture, four hierarchical regression analyses with interactions were conducted. Results supported the explanatory power of concern over mistakes and doubts about actions, beyond neuroticism and culture, in the prediction of depression, anxiety, and stress. As the first study to explore the incremental validity of perfectionism dimensions across undergraduates from traditionally individualistic and collectivistic cultures, our research both extends and clarifies understanding of the predictive power of perfectionism in important ways.

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Section: Advancing Research On Cultural Differences In Perfectionismmentioning

confidence: 95%

Does Perfectionism Predict Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Life Satisfaction After Controlling for Neuroticism?

Smith

Saklofske

Gao

et al. 2017

Journal of Individual Differences

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“…There are differences in the effect of perfectionism across collectivistic and individualistic cultures [ 56 , 62 ]. As validated in previous research, college students from a collectivism-oriented country (e.g., Japan) reported lower levels of self-oriented perfectionism (i.e., to be a perfectionist to meet self-requirement) and higher levels of socially prescribed perfectionism (i.e., to be a perfectionist to meet others’ standards) than those from individualism-oriented societies such as the US and the UK [ 63 , 64 , 65 ]. Similar to Japan, China is a country dominated by a collectivistic culture, in which people hope to meet the demands of others to maintain harmonious interpersonal relationships.…”

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Maladaptive Perfectionism and Internet Addiction among Chinese College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model of Depression and Gender

Yang

Morita

Zuo

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The association between perfectionism and addictive behaviors has been examined in previous literature; however, few pieces of research have investigated the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relationship. Using a sample of 2016 Chinese college students, the present study examined the mediator of depression between maladaptive perfectionism and Internet addiction and the moderator of gender in such associations. The findings indicated that maladaptive perfectionism was directly related to students’ Internet addiction and indirectly predicted students’ Internet addiction via the mediator of depression. Gender moderated the direct effect, rather than the indirect effect, of maladaptive perfectionism on Internet addiction. Even though males reported a lower score on Internet addiction compared to females, the effect of maladaptive perfectionism on Internet addiction was stronger for males than for females. These findings revealed the psychological mechanisms from perfectionism to Internet addiction, which contributed to the theoretical development in addiction research and provided implications for interventions to reduce Internet addiction among Chinese college students.

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“…Estas divergencias entre los resultados del presente estudio y la literatura en general pueden deberse a las características de la población empleada, ya que este es el primer trabajo, para nuestro conocimiento, que analiza el PSP y los cinco grandes rasgos de la personalidad en niños y en población española. En este sentido, se ha demostrado que existen divergencias en la forma en que los aspectos culturales influyen en el PSP (Perera y Chang, 2015). Asimismo, es posible que, durante la infancia, el PSP no sea una faceta tan desadaptativa como ha demostrado ser en edades posteriores (e.g., Cox y Chen, 2014;Inglés, Gonzálvez, García-Fernández, Vicent, y Martínez-Monteagudo, 2015;Sherry, Sherry, Hewitt, Mushquash, y Flett, 2015;Stoeber, 2014).…”

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Socially prescribed perfectioism and personality

Vicent

Inglés

Gonzálvez

et al. 2016

EJIHPE

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The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between Socially Prescribed Perfectionism (SPP) and the Big Five personality traits in a sample of 804 Primary School students between 8 and 11 years old (M=9.57; SD=1.12). The SPP subscale of the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (CAPS) and the Big Five Questionnaire for Children (BFQ-N), which evaluate the traits of Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness, were used. The mean difference analysis showed that students with high levels of SPP scored significantly higher on Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Extraversion and Openness, with small effect sizes for all cases. In contrast, no significant differences were observed in Neuroticism. Logistic regression analysis revealed that all personality traits, except neuroticism, whose results didn’t reach the statistical significance, significantly and positively predicted higher scores on PSP, with OR levels ranging from 1.01 (for Conscientiousness and Agreeableness) to 1.03 (for Openness and Extraversion).

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Ethnic variations between Asian and European Americans in interpersonal sources of socially prescribed perfectionism: It’s not just about parents!

Cited by 30 publications

References 37 publications

Does Perfectionism Predict Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Life Satisfaction After Controlling for Neuroticism?

Does Perfectionism Predict Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Life Satisfaction After Controlling for Neuroticism?

Maladaptive Perfectionism and Internet Addiction among Chinese College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model of Depression and Gender

Socially prescribed perfectioism and personality

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