Perfectionism, Goal Adjustment, and Self-Regulation: A Short-term Follow-up Study of Distress and Coping
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This study examined socially-prescribed and self-oriented perfectionism (SPP and SOP) and goal adjustment in relation to goal pursuit, depression, and coping. Students (N = 388) completed measures of perfectionism, idiographic goal pursuit, goal adjustment, and depressive symptoms, and a subset (n = 138) completed an online follow-up assessing stress-related depression and coping. SPP, but not SOP, was associated with current depressive symptoms at both time points. SPP was associated with less optimism about goal success, and the interaction between SPP and goal disengagement predicted stress-related depression and maladaptive coping. SOP was associated with greater optimism about the likelihood of goal success and stronger emotional responses to goal success and failure, and SOP interacted with goal reengagement to predict adaptive coping.
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Similar differential relations have been noted with goal-related optimism, with perfectionistic concerns linked to less optimism about goal success, whereas perfectionistic strivings was linked to greater optimism about goal success.
“Similar differential relations have been noted with goal-related optimism, with perfectionistic concerns linked to less optimism about goal success, whereas perfectionistic strivings was linked to greater optimism about goal success (Eddington, 2013).”
From A Meta–Analytic and Conceptual Update on the Associations between Procrastination and Multidimensional Perfectionism (2017) · cites this paper as Eddington, 2013
For perfectionistic strivings, more optimistic views of one's ability to reduce the discrepancy during the expectancy-assessment process will result in continued effort and thus greater chance of successful goal regulation.
“For perfectionistic strivings, more optimistic views of one's ability to reduce this discrepancy during the expectancy-assessment process will result in continued effort (Eddington, 2013; Stoeber, Hutchfield, et al., 2008), and thus greater chance of successful goal regulation.”
From A Meta–Analytic and Conceptual Update on the Associations between Procrastination and Multidimensional Perfectionism (2017) · cites this paper as Eddington, 2013
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- Authors
- Eddington, K. M.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro (US)
- Corresponding author
- Eddington, Kari M.
- ORCID
- Eddington, Kari M.
- Venue
- Self and Identity
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-04-22
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 197-213
- ISSN
- 1529-8868 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-8876
- OpenAlex
- W2024045153
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4
- FWCI
- 3.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Self and Identity (publishedVersion)
- NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Keywords
- perfectionism, socially prescribed perfectionism, self-oriented perfectionism, goal adjustment, goal disengagement, goal reengagement, goal pursuit, depression, coping, students
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