The transdiagnostic approach to theory and treatment of psychological disorders is gaining increasing interest. A transdiagnostic process is one that occurs across disorders and explains their onset or maintenance. The purpose of this review is to provide evidence that perfectionism is a transdiagnostic process that it is elevated in anxiety disorders, eating disorders, depression, obsessive co...

The present study examined the associations among perfectionism, defense styles, and depression in an Israeli community sample of young adults. This study involved a comparison of self-reports and informant ratings on all measures. A community sample of 210 pairs of same-sex best friends from Israel completed the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, the Defense Styles Questionnaire - 40, and a...

In the current study, we investigated whether the distinction between adaptive (i.e. high personal standards) and maladaptive (i.e. concern over mistakes and doubt about actions) perfectionism that has been found in the literature, is also valid in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). We hypothesized that maladaptive, but not adaptive, perfectionism would be significantly and positivel...

The main aim of this study was to determine whether pre-treatment levels of child perfectionism impacted on anxiety treatment outcomes for school-aged children. In addition, it was investigated whether child perfectionism decreased following treatment for anxiety. Participants were sixty-seven clinically anxious children aged 6-13 years (female = 34; majority Caucasian) who were enrolled in a g...

Reducing unhelpful perfectionism has been shown to produce transdiagnostic outcomes in adults, reducing depression, anxiety and weight concerns. There is limited evaluation of the impact of reducing unhelpful perfectionism in adolescents but no evaluation in children. The aim of the current pilot study was to investigate whether perfectionism could be manipulated in children aged 10-12 years. C...

High levels of perfectionism have been observed in major depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders. Though few studies have compared levels of perfectionism across these disorders, there is reason to believe that different dimensions of perfectionism may be involved in eating disorders than in depression or anxiety [Bardone-Cone, A. M. et al. (2007). Perfectionism and eating disorders:...

51 Shafran et al. (2002) provided a cognitive-behavioural analysis of perfectionism that focused primarily 52 on self-oriented perfectionism. They argued against studying perfectionism from a multidimensional per53 spective that they regard as inconsistent with prior work on perfectionism as a self-oriented phenomenon. 54 We respond to Shafran et al. (2002) by offering historical, empirical, an...

At present, microplastics (MPs) pollution has attracted people’s attention, and MPs in seawater have caused great harm to the marine environment. Taking Yugang Park Beach (YPB) Zhanjiang Bay (ZJB) as research object, we studied spatial temporal distribution, composition, inventory of bathing affected by ebb tide filtering with a 45 μm stainless steel sieve. The results showed that average abund...