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dc.contributor.authorEgan, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorDick, M.
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:42:48Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:42:48Z
dc.date.created2012-09-30T20:00:16Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationEgan, Sarah J. and Dick, Marion and Allen, Peter J. 2012. An Experimental Investigation of Standard Setting in Clinical Perfectionism. Behaviour Change. 29 (3): pp. 183-195.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24423
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/bec.2012.16
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This study investigated if clinical perfectionism leads to resetting standards higher following both success and failure. A sample of 206 participants (74% female) completed an online experiment consisting of three sets of a nonverbal reasoning task and were asked before each set to select how many of the trials they aimed to get correct. Each set was followed by feedback regarding performance. Half of the participants received ‘difficult’ items for set 2, to allow investigation of failure effects. There was a significant relationship between clinical perfectionism and the standards that were set for the first set; however, there was no relationship with standard setting following success or failure. Instead, previous actual success or failure was the best predictor of goal setting. Consequently, clinical perfectionism was associated with setting higher standards in general, but not resetting standards higher following success or failure. Findings suggest that while clinical perfectionism plays a role in standard setting prior to performance, following performance actual success or failure becomes the best indicator. The implications of these findings for the cognitive behavioural model of clinical perfectionism are discussed.

dc.publisherAustralian Academic Press Pty Ltd
dc.titleAn Experimental Investigation of Standard Setting in Clinical Perfectionism
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume29
dcterms.source.startPage183
dcterms.source.endPage195
dcterms.source.issn0813-4839
dcterms.source.titleBehaviour Change
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