Hadian Hamedani Kiana, Majzoobi Mohammad Reza, Forstmeier Simon
Department of Developmental Psychology and Clinical Psychology of the Lifespan, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2024 Dec 10;15:1456902. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1456902. eCollection 2024.
Perfectionism, as a transdiagnostic variable, can influence both the intrapersonal and interpersonal domains, one of the most significant of them is thought to be marital relationship. Given that perfectionism within a couple can negatively affect their intimate relationship and potentially lead to destructive outcomes, reviewing studies conducted in this area seems to be essential to gain a clearer understanding. Therefore, the present systematic review aims to examine the association between perfectionism and marital outcomes in married individuals.
A comprehensive search was conducted across major scientific databases, including APA PsycArticles, PubMed, and Web of Science, using specific keywords and Boolean operators. Included were the English-Language studies published between 1980 and 2023 that investigated the relationship between perfectionism and marital outcomes in heterosexual couples. Out of the studies identified, 23 met the inclusion criteria for this review, of which 16 studies met the criteria for meta-analysis.
The meta-analysis indicated a small-to-moderate effect size for the association between perfectionism and marital outcomes ( = 0.26). Given the importance of marital relationship, such effect sizes for variables which may influence marital relationship bears significant value.
Therefore, the findings may encourage researchers to conduct various studies to examine specific details, moderators, and mediators in the relationship between perfectionism and marital outcomes and may also prompt couple therapists to address perfectionism as a destructive factor and integrate strategies into their protocols to reduce its impact in intimate relationships.
完美主义作为一种跨诊断变量，会影响个人内部和人际领域，其中最重要的一个领域被认为是婚姻关系。鉴于夫妻双方的完美主义会对他们的亲密关系产生负面影响，并可能导致破坏性后果，回顾该领域的研究似乎对于更清晰地理解这一问题至关重要。因此，本系统综述旨在研究已婚人士中完美主义与婚姻结局之间的关联。
使用特定关键词和布尔运算符，在包括美国心理学会心理学文摘数据库（APA PsycArticles）、医学期刊数据库（PubMed）和科学引文索引数据库（Web of Science）在内的主要科学数据库中进行了全面检索。纳入的是1980年至2023年期间发表的、研究异性恋夫妻中完美主义与婚姻结局之间关系的英文研究。在所确定的研究中，有23项符合本综述的纳入标准，其中16项研究符合荟萃分析的标准。
荟萃分析表明，完美主义与婚姻结局之间的关联效应大小为小到中等（ = 0.26）。鉴于婚姻关系的重要性，这种可能影响婚姻关系的变量的效应大小具有重要价值。
因此，这些发现可能会鼓励研究人员开展各种研究，以探讨完美主义与婚姻结局之间关系的具体细节、调节因素和中介因素，也可能促使夫妻治疗师将完美主义视为一个破坏因素，并将相关策略纳入他们的治疗方案中，以减少其在亲密关系中的影响。
