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Adele Dumont’s affecting memoir, The Pulling, draws the reader into the secrecy, shame and impulses behind trichotilllomania, or compulsive hair-pulling.
Weddings have become increasingly curated: everything from the shoes to the table runners are perfectly themed and colour-co-ordinated. It is emblematic of our cultural obsession with perfection.
Although teen perfectionists often appear to be doing well on the surface, they are not impervious to hardships. They are young people who are often in need of support.
Physician burnout is a severe problem in the medical field, made much worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. But an online coaching program that could be scaled up had dramatic results for participants.
Pursuing perfection is unnecessary and unrealistic.
When perfectionists compare themselves to others on social media, they report feelings of depression and insecurity.
If you secretly want lockdown to last longer so you can achieve your goals, you’re not alone.
A focus on more realistic performance outcomes can help students cope when things do not go to plan.
A specialist in educational psychology says there are incremental risks associated with students developing an obsessive behaviour toward performance.
New research shows that perfectionism has increased dramatically over the last 25 years, and that perfectionists become more neurotic and less conscientious as time passes.
Perfectionists have a higher chance of developing bulimia nervosa. Rather than treating symptoms of binge eating and vomiting, therapists should address this underlying personality trait.
A new Science Gallery Melbourne exhibition offers a set of reflections, calculations and speculations that engage with ideas about the perfect body, mathematical precision, quantum physics and a post-human world.
Feeling that others are disappointed and disapprove of you and you must be perfect puts you at risk for depression.
Schools minister Nick Gibb seems to think young people should face more frequent testing, to prepare for GCSEs. His comments fly in the face of 20 years’ research.
There is enormous pressure on young people to strive, perform and achieve. And the data indicate that many are struggling to cope.
Some clinical perfectionists avoid or procrastinate because they fear not being able to meet their desired standards.
People with trichotillomania often pull to the point of causing complete hair loss even though that’s never intended or desired. And this eventually leaves them feeling depressed and isolated.
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Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology, York St John University
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Assistant Professor of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Researcher in Personality and Social Psychology, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer in Research Methods, York St John University
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Professor in Social & Health Psychology, Durham University
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Lecturer in Education, University of Bath
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Professor of Sport and Health Psychology, York St John University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Pedagogy, Université de Sherbrooke
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Lecturer in Applied Psychology, De Montfort University
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Lecturer in Psychology, De Montfort University
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Professor of Child and Youth Studies; Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, Brock University
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Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Associate Professor of Child and Youth Studies; Canada Research Chair (Tier II) Adjustment and Well-Being in Children and Youth, Brock University
