BACKGROUND The incidence of non-specific work-related upper limb disorders (WRULD) is rising throughout western society. Literature and our own WRULD file (>1200 patients) revealed that both physical and psychosocial work-related factors are major causes of non-specific WRULD. It also appeared that non-specific WRULD was more likely to develop in patients with neurotic-perfectionist personaliti...

this study aims to compare normal and gifted students in terms of perfectionism, emotional intelligence and mental health factors. descriptive causal-comparative research method was utilized. the sample consisted of 100 female high school students (50 normal students and 50 gifted students). research tools were the ghq, bar-on, hill and raven questionnaires. multivariate analysis of variance (m...

Introduction Personality traits play are related to many forms of psychological distress, such as body dissatisfaction. Objectives To explore the associations between appearance schemas and personality traits. Methods 494 university students (80.2% females; 99.2% single), with a mean age 20.17 years old (SD=1.77; range:18-20), filled in Appearance Schemas Inventory-Revised, NEO-Personality Inve...

Existing research into perfectionism in Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is limited by a reliance upon self-report measures. This study used novel performance based measures to investigate whether there is behavioural evidence for elevated perfectionism in AN. 153 participants took part in the study--81 with a diagnosis of AN and 72 healthy controls (HCs). Participants completed two performance based task...

The 2 2 model of perfectionism examines the relation between four subtypes of perfectionism and psychological adjustment (Gaudreau & Thompson, 2010). Researchers have investigated subtypes of perfectionism using common multivariate statistical analyses. The development of a new measure is warranted to evaluate whether individuals can, with a decent degree of certainty, assess by themselves thei...

Perfectionism is a personality characteristic that has been found to predict sports performance in athletes. To date, however, research has exclusively examined this relationship at an individual level (i.e., athletes’ perfectionism predicting their personal performance). The current study extends this research to team sports by examining whether, when manifested at team level, perfectionism pr...