“…First, we still know little about how individual differences in perfectionism develop over a person's life. There is general agreement that perfectionism has its roots in childhood development and that parents play a key role in the development of general perfectionism (for reviews, see Flett, Hewitt, Oliver, & Macdonald, 2002;Stoeber & Childs, in press) and perfectionism in sport (Appleton, Hall, & Hill, 2010;Sapieja, Dunn, & Holt, 2011) are factors that contribute to the development of perfectionistic concerns (e.g., Soenens et al, 2008), it is unclear how parents contribute to the development of perfectionistic strivings. Findings from a study by Rice, Lopez, and Vergara (2005) suggest that parental expectations (parents expecting their children to be perfect) lead to perfectionistic strivings whereas parental criticism (parents criticizing their children if they are not perfect) leads to perfectionistic concerns (see also McArdle & Duda, 2008).…”