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Perfectionism, anger, somatic health, and positive affect
Sophiahemmet University College.
2003 (English)In: Personality and Individual Differences, ISSN 0191-8869, E-ISSN 1873-3549, Vol. 35, no 7, p. 1585-99Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The associations between perfectionism, anger, somatic health, and positive affect were examined in 184 Swedish adults from a randomly selected population sample. Somewhat unexpectedly, trait anger was found to be associated with self-oriented perfectionism rather than with socially prescribed perfectionism. Both socially prescribed perfectionism and self-oriented perfectionism showed weak positive correlations with self-reported somatic complaints, particularly symptoms of tension and fatigue, and more clearly in women than in men, whereas other-oriented perfectionism appeared as a predictor of whether the participants were undergoing medical treatment or not. Finally, the results did not support the notion of self-oriented perfectionism representing a positive, adaptive dimension of perfectionism; on the contrary, this dimension was found to be negatively associated with positive affect.

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2003. Vol. 35, no 7, p. 1585-99
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Perfectionism, Anger, Somatic complains, Positive affect
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:shh:diva-99DOI: doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00382-3OAI: oai:DiVA.org:shh-99DiVA, id: diva2:301114
Available from: 2010-03-02 Created: 2010-02-25 Last updated: 2017-12-12Bibliographically approved

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