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    Cognitive errors as predictors of adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism in children

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    Authors
    Davis, Melissa
    Wosinski, Nicole
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Davis, M. and Wosinski, N. 2012. Cognitive errors as predictors of adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism in children. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. 30 (2): pp. 105-117.
    Source Title
    Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
    DOI
    10.1007/s10942-011-0129-1
    ISSN
    1573-6563
    School
    School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36956
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Cognitive distortions such as dichotomous evaluation of performance, selectively focusing on perceived failures, and discounting successes are proposed to be key maintaining mechanisms in clinical perfectionism, but no existing research has investigated the relationship between perfectionism and cognitive errors in children. The current study assessed the associations between dimensions of perfectionism as assessed by the Adaptive/Maladaptive Perfectionism Scale (AMPS) and children’s cognitive errors controlling for negative and positive affect to provide information about cognitive features associated with perfectionism in children and construct-related evidence for the AMPS. A non-clinical sample of 204 children completed the AMPS, the Children’s Negative Cognitive Errors Questionnaire, and measures of positive and negative affect. The AMPS sensitivity to mistakes scale was correlated robustly with catastrophizing, overgeneralization, personalizing, and selective abstraction. Cognitive errors were significant predictors of maladaptive perfectionism even after controlling for negative affect. However, cognitive errors did not predict adaptive perfectionism after controlling for positive affect. These findings highlight the role of negative thinking styles in maladaptive perfectionism in children and point to the potential usefulness of interventions that focus jointly on maladaptive perfectionism and negative cognitive styles.

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