Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans.īiding, P. Changes in perfectionism following cognitive behavioural treatment of social phobia. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., text rev.). KeywordsĪmerican Psychiatric Association. A CBT protocol for treating maladaptive perfectionism is presented. Research on the effectiveness of CBT specifically for perfectionism is limited. Current assessment measures view perfectionism as a multidimensional construct. Perfectionism has been found to play a role in the development and maintenance of a number of psychological disorders including anxiety disorders, OCPD, depression, and eating disorders. Behavioral features of perfectionism involve completing tasks according to precise standards, avoidance, procrastination, self-control strategies, and excessive checking for mistakes. Cognitive features of perfectionism include distorted attitudes about the self or others, maladaptive social comparisons, and self-evaluation based on performance rather than self-acceptance. Perfectionism is maladaptive when the pursuit of impossible standards leads to clinically significant distress and impairment. Perfectionism is a personality trait involving rigid adherence to unrealistically high standards for the self and others.
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