Perfectionism and negative repetitive thoughts: Examining a multiple mediator model in relation to mindfulness

Short, Megan; Mazmanian, Dwight

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2013.05.026

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“…In another study on perfectionism, rumination, worry, distress, and dispositional mindfulness in students, both SOP and SPP were positively associated with worry and rumination (Short & Mazmanian, 2013). SPP, rumination, and worry were all linked with higher levels of negative affect.…”

Section: Studies Using the Hewitt Flett Mps (Hfmps)mentioning

confidence: 88%

Perfectionism, Worry, and Rumination in Health and Mental Health: A Review and a Conceptual Framework for a Cognitive Theory of Perfectionism

Flett

Nepon

Hewitt

2015

Perfectionism, Health, and Well-Being

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This chapter examines the tendency for perfectionists to ruminate, worry, and experience various other forms of overthinking when they feel stressed and distressed because life is less than perfect and they feel less than perfect due to an abiding sense of failure. Our analysis focuses jointly on worry and rumination as comparable forms of cognitive perseveration that can impair the well-being and prolong and exacerbate the stress and emotional distress of obsessive perfectionists. Our chapter is based extensively, though not exclusively, on the seminal work on rumination and brooding by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema and her colleagues (see Nolen-Hoeksema, 1991). Indeed, this chapter is dedicated to her memory and her many exceptional contributions. Several years ago, the first author of this chapter had the exceedingly good fortune to attend a compelling keynote address by Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema; it was during the question phase of this keynote address when Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema highlighted the link between perfectionism and rumination in her answer to a challenging question about the likely developmental antecedents of rumination. Her immediate response emphasized perfectionism as a possible antecedent of rumination and the need for further exploration of this association.Research on perfectionism and rumination and associated forms of cognitive perseveration has progressed at a steady rate. This is important because gaining a better understanding of the link between perfectionism and cognitive perseveration and associated cognitive processes is essential to illuminate the complexities inherent in perfectionism. Accordingly, in the current chapter, we summarize and analyze an existing body of research that shows consistent links between perfectionism and rumination. A key theme that emerges from our summary is that both self-oriented perfectionism (SOP) and socially prescribed perfectionism (SPP; along with other elements of evaluative concerns perfectionism) are associated consistently with

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Section: Studies Using the Hewitt Flett Mps (Hfmps)mentioning

confidence: 88%

Perfectionism, Worry, and Rumination in Health and Mental Health: A Review and a Conceptual Framework for a Cognitive Theory of Perfectionism

Flett

Nepon

Hewitt

2015

Perfectionism, Health, and Well-Being

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“…Baer, Smith, Hopkins, Krietemeyer, and Toney (2006) empirically validated a five facet model of mindfulness, consisting of: (1) observing internal (e.g., sensations, thoughts, emotions) and external stimuli (e.g., sights, sounds, smells), (2) objectively describing and labeling internal and external stimuli, (3) acting with awareness, rather than acting mechanically with attention focused elsewhere, (4) non-judging of inner experiences, and (5) non-reactivity to inner experiences. Dispositional levels of these facets, particularly acting with awareness, non-judging of inner experience, and non-reactivity to inner experience, are associated with enhanced well-being (e.g., positive affect) and decreased psychological distress (e.g., negative affect, depression, anxiety, and stress) among students (Short & Mazmanian, 2013). Moreover, research investigating dispositional mindfulness in relation to neurocognitive functions indicates that individuals high in observing demonstrate enhanced visual working memory, while individuals high in non-reactivity exhibit greater cognitive flexibility, as assessed by the Stroop Task (Anicha et al, 2012).…”

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“…Additionally, based on prior research examining the five facets of mindfulness (Short & Mazmanian, 2013), it was expected that acting with awareness, non-judging of inner experience, and non-reactivity to inner experience would independently contribute to the well-being outcomes. Lastly, two multiple mediator models were tested and it was expected that higher levels of executive function and self-regulation help explain why dispositional mindfulness predicts greater well-being (i.e., higher positive affect and lower negative affect).…”

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Executive function and self-regulation mediate dispositional mindfulness and well-being

Short

Mazmanian

Oinonen

et al. 2016

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…Evidence indicates that mindfulness meditation helps regulate psychological distress through physiological relaxation processes (Argus and Thompson, 2007;Short and Mazmanian, 2013). Mindfulness is conceptualized as a family of techniques that emphasize purposeful and nonjudgmental awareness of present moment experiences i.e.…”

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Heart rate variability is enhanced in controls but not maladaptive perfectionists during brief mindfulness meditation following stress-induction: A stratified-randomized trial

Azam

Katz

Fashler

et al. 2015

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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Heart rate variability (HRV) is a vagal nerve-mediated biomarker of cardiac function used to investigate chronic illness, psychopathology, stress and, more recently, attention-regulation processes such as meditation. This study investigated HRV in relation to maladaptive perfectionism, a stress-related personality factor, and mindfulness meditation, a stress coping practice expected to elevate HRV, and thereby promote relaxation. Maladaptive perfectionists (n = 21) and Controls (n = 39) were exposed to a lab-based assessment in which HRV was measured during (1) a 5-minute baseline resting phase, (2) a 5-minute cognitive stress-induction phase, and (3) a post-stress phase. In the post-stress phase, participants were randomly assigned to a 10-minute audioinstructed mindfulness meditation condition or a 10-minute rest condition with audio-description of mindfulness meditation. Analyses revealed a significant elevation in HRV during meditation for Controls but not for Perfectionists. These results suggest that mindfulness meditation promotes relaxation following cognitive stress and that the perfectionist personality hinders relaxation possibly because of decreased cardiac vagal tone. The results are discussed in the context of developing psychophysiological models to advance therapeutic interventions for distressed populations.

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Perfectionism and negative repetitive thoughts: Examining a multiple mediator model in relation to mindfulness

Cited by 66 publications

References 32 publications

Perfectionism, Worry, and Rumination in Health and Mental Health: A Review and a Conceptual Framework for a Cognitive Theory of Perfectionism

Perfectionism, Worry, and Rumination in Health and Mental Health: A Review and a Conceptual Framework for a Cognitive Theory of Perfectionism

Executive function and self-regulation mediate dispositional mindfulness and well-being

Heart rate variability is enhanced in controls but not maladaptive perfectionists during brief mindfulness meditation following stress-induction: A stratified-randomized trial

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