Citation

Dunkley DM, Berg JL, Zuroff DC. J. Pers. 2011; 80(3): 633-663.

Affiliation

Lady Davis Institute, SMBD Jewish General Hospital and McGill University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00741.x

PMID

22092274

Abstract

This study of university students (64 men, 99 women) examined the role of self-critical (SC) and personal standards (PS) higher-order dimensions of perfectionism in daily self-esteem, attachment, and negative affect. Participants completed questionnaires at the end of the day for seven consecutive days. Trait and situational influences were found in the daily reports of self-esteem, attachment, and affect. In contrast to PS perfectionism, SC perfectionism was strongly related to aggregated daily reports of low self-esteem, attachment fears (fear of closeness, fear of dependency, fear of loss), and negative affect as well as instability indexes of daily self-esteem, attachment, and negative affect. Multilevel modeling indicated that both SC and PS perfectionists were emotionally reactive to decreases in self-esteem, whereas only SC perfectionists were emotionally reactive to increases in fear of closeness with others. These results demonstrate the dispositional and moderating influences of perfectionism dimensions on daily self-esteem, attachment, and negative affect.

Language: en