Perfectionism and psychological distress: evidence of the mediating effects of rumination

O’Connor, Daryl B.; O’Connor, Rory C.; Marshall, Rachel D.

doi:10.1002/per.616

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“…Indeed, Blankstein and Lumley (2008) have noted recently that, although self-oriented perfectionism is focused on personal achievements, it may have an interpersonal element that has gone largely undetected. The current results are also in keeping with evidence linking depressive rumination and brooding with both self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism (O'Connor et al, 2007;Olson & Kwon, 2008). Perhaps an inability to control cognitive reactions is part of the vulnerability inherent in self-oriented perfectionism.…”

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confidence: 91%

Perfectionism, negative social feedback, and interpersonal rumination in depression and social anxiety.

Nepon¹,

Flett²,

Hewitt³

et al. 2011

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des

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The current study investigated the associations among trait perfectionism, perfectionistic selfpresentation, negative social feedback, interpersonal rumination, depressive symptoms, and social anxiety. New measures of negative social feedback and interpersonal rumination were used to evaluate their relevance to the social aspects of perfectionism and their roles in distress. A sample of 155 undergraduate students completed the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, the Perfectionistic SelfPresentation Scale, the Social Feedback Questionnaire, Rumination About an Interpersonal Offense, and measures of depressive symptoms and social anxiety. The results confirmed that socially prescribed perfectionism and perfectionistic self-presentation were associated significantly with negative social feedback and rumination following interpersonal events (i.e., being hurt, humiliated, mistreated). Also, depressive symptoms and social anxiety were associated significantly with negative social feedback, interpersonal rumination, trait perfectionism, and perfectionistic self-presentation. Additional analyses indicated that negative social feedback and interpersonal rumination mediated the links between components of the perfectionism construct and distress. Overall, our findings suggest that self-reported receipt of frequent negative feedback from others and engaging in rumination about an interpersonal event play important roles in the distress experienced by certain individuals with high levels of perfectionism.

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confidence: 91%

Perfectionism, negative social feedback, and interpersonal rumination in depression and social anxiety.

Nepon¹,

Flett²,

Hewitt³

et al. 2011

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des

118

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“…Moreover, a positive association was found between academic rumination and depressive symptoms. Although in this study, academic rumination questionnaire was used, the results were consistent with previous findings (14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

“…Recently this mediation model has been found in early adolescents (21). Also, O'Connor et al found that brooding rumination has a mediator role in the relationship between perfectionism and psychological distress (22). Supporting evidence was found by Blankstein and Lumley (23) too.…”

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confidence: 59%

The Relationship Between Positive and Negative Perfectionism and Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Academic Rumination

Soliemanifar

Rezaei

Rasuli

et al. 2015

Jentashapir J Health Res

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Background: Perfectionism as a personality trait can lead to students depression. It seems that academic rumination in the relationship between perfectionism and depression play a role of mediator in academic settings. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of positive and negative perfectionism with depressive symptoms mediated by academic rumination. Patients and Methods:The sample comprised 368 undergraduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in 2011 -2012 academic year. They were randomly selected by multi-stage sampling method. The data were collected by 3 measures of positive and negative perfectionism scale (PANPS), beck depression inventory-II (BDI-II), and academic rumination inventory (ARI). Results: Preliminary analyses revealed that positive perfectionism was negatively correlated with both depressive symptoms and academic rumination and had a significant negative correlation with negative perfectionism. Also, negative perfectionism was positively correlated with both depressive symptoms and academic rumination. Furthermore, academic rumination was positively correlated with depressive symptoms. The results of path analysis showed academic rumination mediated the relationship of positive and negative perfectionism with depressive symptoms. Conclusions: According to this model, students with high score on negative perfectionism by mechanism of academic rumination report higher depressive symptoms, however students with high score on positive perfectionism report lower depressive symptoms through reduction of ruminative thoughts.

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“…A positive relationship between self-oriented perfectionism and athlete burnout has also emerged, albeit indirectly via third-order variables (Hill et al, 2008). This latter inding is consistent with research (O'Connor, O'Connor, & Marshall, 2007;Molnar, Reker, Culp, Sadava, & DeCourville, 2006;Seo, 2008) outside of sport that highlights the positive relationship between self-oriented perfectionism and debilitating outcomes via mediating variables. As sport psychologists attempt to better understand the contribution of self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism to athlete burnout, examining indirect and mediating processes is likely to be increasingly important.…”

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Perfectionism and Athlete Burnout in Junior Elite Athletes: The Mediating Role of Motivation Regulations

Appleton

Hill

2012

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

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This study investigated whether motivation regulations mediate the relationship between socially prescribed and self-oriented dimensions of perfectionism and athlete burnout. Two-hundred and thirty-one (N = 231) elite junior athletes completed the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (Flett, Hewitt, Boucher, Davidson, & Munro, 2000), the Sport Motivation Scale (Pelletier, Fortier, Valle-rand, Tuson, & Blais, 1995), and the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (Raedeke & Smith, 2009). Multiple mediator regression analyses revealed that amotivation mediated the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and burnout symptoms. Amotivation and intrinsic motivation emerged as significant mediators of the relationship between self-oriented perfectionism and burnout symptoms. The findings suggest that patterns of motivation regulations are important factors in the perfectionism-athlete burnout relationship.

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Perfectionism and psychological distress: evidence of the mediating effects of rumination

Cited by 110 publications

References 48 publications

Perfectionism, negative social feedback, and interpersonal rumination in depression and social anxiety.

Perfectionism, negative social feedback, and interpersonal rumination in depression and social anxiety.

The Relationship Between Positive and Negative Perfectionism and Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Academic Rumination

Perfectionism and Athlete Burnout in Junior Elite Athletes: The Mediating Role of Motivation Regulations

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