The relationships between perfectionism and symptoms of depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Thomas Callaghan,Danyelle Greene,Roz Shafran, Jessica Lunn,Sarah J. Egan

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY(2024)

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Perfectionism is a transdiagnostic process associated with depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The focus of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine evidence for the association between perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns with symptoms of depression, general anxiety, social anxiety, task anxiety, and OCD in adults. A total of 416 studies were included, with 113,118 participants aged 17 to 90 years (M = 23.83). Perfectionistic concerns had significant medium correlations with anxiety, OCD and depressive symptoms (pooled r = .38 to .43). Perfectionistic strivings had significant, small correlations with OCD, depression and all anxiety outcomes (pooled r = .10 to .21), except social anxiety where there was no association. Results demonstrate perfectionistic concerns have a stronger relationship with psychological distress than perfectionistic strivings, but strivings are significantly related to distress. Future research should examine the causal relationships between perfectionism dimensions and psychopathology.
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Perfectionism,depression,anxiety,OCD,meta-analysis
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