Nepon Taryn, Flett Gordon L, Hewitt Paul L
York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
J Psychoeduc Assess. 2024 Sep;42(6):650-667. doi: 10.1177/07342829241239997. Epub 2024 Mar 19.
This research focuses on ego-focused self-image goals as central to understanding the vulnerability inherent in perfectionism and the link that perfectionism has with poorer health and emotional well-being. The present study expands theory and research on perfectionism from a unique motivational perspective through a longitudinal investigation of perfectionism, the pursuit of self-image goals related to self-improvement, and mental and physical health among 187 university students. Our central finding was that trait and self-presentational perfectionism were associated longitudinally with self-image goals and poorer mental and physical health. Longitudinal analyses showed that perfectionistic self-presentation predicted subsequent self-image goals, controlling for initial self-image goals. Additionally, self-image goals were associated with worse mental and physical health and greater loneliness and social anxiety. Collectively, our results illustrate the benefits of assessing problematic personal goals in perfectionism and the need to revise existing motivational accounts by recognizing the important role ego-involved goals play in guiding much of what perfectionists do and how they act in their daily lives.
本研究聚焦于以自我为中心的自我形象目标，认为这是理解完美主义内在脆弱性以及完美主义与较差健康状况和情绪幸福感之间联系的核心。本研究通过对187名大学生的完美主义、与自我提升相关的自我形象目标追求以及身心健康进行纵向调查，从独特的动机视角扩展了关于完美主义的理论和研究。我们的核心发现是，特质完美主义和自我展示完美主义在纵向层面上与自我形象目标以及较差的身心健康相关。纵向分析表明，完美主义的自我展示能够预测后续的自我形象目标，同时控制了初始的自我形象目标。此外，自我形象目标与更差的身心健康、更多的孤独感和社交焦虑相关。总体而言，我们的研究结果说明了评估完美主义中有问题的个人目标的益处，以及通过认识到自我相关目标在指导完美主义者的大部分行为及其日常生活中的行为方式方面所起的重要作用来修正现有动机理论的必要性。
