Due In-Class, Wednesday, 10/18 -- Literature Review Grid of Common Points

Research question: What are the potential impacts of maladaptive perfectionism (the fear of failure, marked by relentless striving towards the impossible goal of “perfection”) for university honors students?

My study: how does it impact university honors students’ self-perceptions and relationships?

	Self-worth	Relationships	Performance/Future success	Flexibility
From Vulnerability to Resilience	High academic self-worth and the entity theory of intelligence leads to lower self-esteem		Learning orientation may allow students to learn from failure and persist in the faces of challenges
Perfectionism, Coping, and Quality of Intimate Relationships		Socially prescribed perfectionism leads to poorer marital coping and adjustment
Identities, Self-Esteem, and Psychological Distress: […]	Aspiration and identity discrepancies are tied to lower self-esteem; those with higher self-esteem are more reactive to obligation discrepancies
An Empirical Typology of Perfectionism in Academically Talented Children	Determines which perfectionists have the most self-esteem (three clusters)		Perfectionism is not inherently bad (“linked to neurosis”)
The Perils of Perfectionism in Sports and Exercise	Subset of perfectionistic athletes with low self esteem, high sense self-esteem was contingent on meeting standards		Perfectionism often undermines performance/fosters a sense of dissatisfaction with performance; antithetical to attaining positive outcomes
Perfectionism and Self-Development: Implications for College Adjustment			No differences between the two of GPA	Maladaptive – poorest adjustment; adaptive / nonperfectionists – best
Perfectionism, Dysfunctional Attitudes, and Self-Esteem: A Structural Equations Analysis	Adaptive perfectionism was positively associated with self-esteem and maladaptive perfectionism was negatively associated with self-esteem
Personality and Perfectionism: A Review	Defines perfectionism: “relentless striving for extremely high standards that are personally demanding… failure to meet those standards is more stressful for [maladaptive perfectionists] than [adaptive perfectionists”.