Introduction. Teacher's work requires not only their quality performance of official duties, but also in some way affects personality, behavior, and appearance. Teachers are expected to possess developed professional competences, communication skills, tolerance towards students, etc., which makes them prone perfectionism. Teachers' strive for utmost self-improvement is energy- time-consuming. T...

Background: The Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale is one of the most world widely used measures of perfectionism. Objective: To analyze the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale. Methods: Two hundred and seventeen (178 females) students from two Portuguese Universities filled in the scale, and a subgroup (n = 166) completed ...

Using a cross-panel design and data from 2 successive cohorts of college students (N = 357), we examined the stability of maladaptive perfectionism, procrastination, and psychological distress across 3 time points within a college semester. Each construct was substantially stable over time, with procrastination being especially stable. We also tested, but failed to support, a mediational model ...

INTRODUCTION Perfectionism constitutes a risk factor for the development of eating disorders. In overweight women, knowledge about the nature of this association is scarce. OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between perfectionism, eating behaviors and affect in overweight women. METHODS The Portuguese versions of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire/EDEQ, the Multidimension...

Cognitive behavioural models consider certain personality traits to be risk factors for the development of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). Research on personality traits in BDD is scarce, therefore this study examined perfectionism, aesthetic sensitivity and the behavioural inhibition system (BIS) in BDD. Furthermore, the association between these personality traits and the extent of dysmorphic...

Perfectionism is a multifaceted trait that can be conceptualized by three distinguished dimensions: Self-oriented Perfectionism, Other-oriented perfectionism and Socially Prescribed Perfectionism. Perfectionists engage in maladaptive self-presentation styles, such as self-promotion, nondisplay and nondisclosure to maintain their appeared perfection. Previous research has established the associa...

PURPOSE Using a multi-dimensional measure of perfectionism: the Frost Multi-dimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS: Frost, Marten, Lahart, & Rosenblate, 1990), this study investigates: (a) whether adults who stutter (AWS) display more perfectionistic attitudes and beliefs than those who do not stutter, and (b) whether, in AWS, more perfectionistic attitudes and beliefs are associated with greate...

Introduction: Physical and psychological symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affect some women experiencing regular menstrual cycles. Symptoms include irritability, depression, anxiety, headache, and breast tenderness/soreness and are presumed to be significantly higher in the late luteal phase than in the follicular phase. Aim of the Study: Is to highlight the personality traits in a sampl...

abstract background: studies have shown that some personal characteristics such as perfectionism are associated with cardiovascular diseases. hence, this study was designed with the aim of doing a comparative evaluation of perfectionism in coronary heart disease patients and healthy individuals referred to shahid faghihi hospital in shiraz. methods: this is a case-control study carried out on 8...