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Psychological need frustration as a transdiagnostic process in associations of self‐critical perfectionism with depressive symptoms and eating pathology

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Campbell, Rachel, Boone, Liesbet, Vansteenkiste, Maarten, Soenens, Bart·2018·Journal of Clinical Psychology

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Objective: The identification of transdiagnostic risk factors and processes that explain the comorbidity between depressive symptoms and eating disorder symptoms is critical. We examined the mediating role of the frustration of adolescents’ psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness in the association between self‐critical perfectionism, depressive symptoms and eating disorder symptoms. Method: A cross‐sectional study ( N = 248; 58% female, mean age = 14 years) and a two‐wave longitudinal study ( N = 608; 59% female; mean age = 16 years) were conducted. Results: At the level of inter‐individual differences and intra‐individual change, self‐critical perfectionism was a robust predictor of both symptoms. After introducing need frustration as an underlying mechanism, the relation between self‐critical perfectionism and the two types of symptoms, as well as the relation between the symptoms themselves, decreased. Conclusions: Need frustration represents a transdiagnostic vulnerability process that helps to explain why self‐critical perfectionism relates to depressive symptoms and eating disorder symptoms.

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  • Campbell et al. (2018a) showed that need frustration not only predicted adolescents' depressive symptoms and eating pathology, but also largely accounted for their co-occurrence and co-evolution across time.

    “Illustrating such a potentially transdiagnostic role, Campbell et al. (2018a) showed that need frustration not only predicted adolescents' depressive symptoms and eating pathology, but also largely accounted for their cooccurrence and co-evolution across time (Campbell et al. 2018a).”

    From Basic psychological need theory: Advancements, critical themes, and future directions (2020) · cites this paper as Campbell et al. (2018a)

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Authors
Campbell, R., Boone, L., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B.
Affiliations
Ghent University (BE)
Corresponding author
Campbell, Rachel
Venue
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2018-04-30
Volume
74
Issue
10
Pages
1775-1790
ISSN
  • 0021-9762 (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-4679
OpenAlex
W2800352084
Cited by
72
References
60
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 2
FWCI
6.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
Keywords
self-critical perfectionism, need frustration, transdiagnostic vulnerability, depressive symptoms, eating disorder symptoms, autonomy, competence, relatedness, adolescents, comorbidities, mediation
MeSH terms
Perfectionism, Adolescent, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Female, Frustration, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Risk Factors, Self Concept

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