This study examined predictors of self-presentation concerns in sport. Two hundred and twenty eight competitive athletes (171 men and 117 women) completed measures of selfpresentation concerns, social physique anxiety (SPA), self-handicapping (SH), athletic identity (AI), and perfectionism. SPA and SH were consistent predictors across all but one self-presentation dimension in females. Gender d...

This study examined the mediating role of stress in relationship between perfectionism, procrastination and job burnout among employees. The data was collected from 243 employees public sector organizations sample included workers who were working office setting environment including, bankers, managers, software engineers, administrators call centers. To collect a consent form used to get volun...

Both maladaptive schemas (MS) and perfectionism have been associated with eating pathology. However, previous research has not examined these variables simultaneously and has not studied possible mediating relationships between MS and multidimensional perfectionism for body image concerns in eating disorder (ED) patients. Eighty-eight female ED patients completed the Young Schema Questionnaire,...

Narcissistic perfectionism is frequently described in theory, but there are no empirically tested models of this construct. Our study tested a model of narcissistic perfectionism, and differentiated this construct from self-critical perfectionism. Data from two samples of undergraduates, including a 28-day daily diary study, were used to test the factorial validity of narcissistic perfectionism...

The present work was designed and developed in the Institute of Medical Psychology, School of Medicine, Universidade de Coimbra. Abstract Objective: The main aims of this article are twofold. First, to assess perfectionism dimensions in obsessive-compulsive disorder and eating disorders in comparison with psychiatric control (depression/anxiety) and non-clinical control groups. Second, to exami...

Although both perfectionism (i.e. personal standards perfectionism and evaluative concerns perfectionism) and impulsivity have been shown to be implicated in eating disorders, no previous studies have examined the interplay between both personality dimensions in their association with eating disorder symptoms. This is the first study to investigate the relationship between empirically derived p...

The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between aggression and perfectionism with communication skills of male lifeguards in Tehran. For this purpose, 300 qualified lifeguards from which 169 persons were selected as the study sample. In order to conduct this study, Aggression Questionnaires (Buss and Perry 1992), Positive and Negative Perfectionism Questionnaire (Terr...

The influence of adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism on creativity was examined. Initially, six measures of creativity were administered, including creative self-perceptions, behavior, and performance measures. Adaptive perfectionism was weakly positively related to creativity, whereas maladaptive perfectionism was unrelated to creativity across five of the six measures. A follow-up study as...