The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder
Background: The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) were investigated in a clinical sample presenting for treatment of perfectionism. Method: This study explored the utility of perfectionism in predicting pathological worry in a sample of in...
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| author | Handley, Alicia Egan, Sarah Kane, Robert Rees, Clare |
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| description | Background: The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) were investigated in a clinical sample presenting for treatment of perfectionism. Method: This study explored the utility of perfectionism in predicting pathological worry in a sample of individuals with elevated perfectionism and GAD (n = 36). Following this, the study examined whether perfectionism could predict a principal GAD diagnosis in the full sample (n = 42).Results: Scores on the perfectionism dimensions Concern over Mistakes, Personal Standards, and Clinical Perfectionism significantly predicted pathological worry among participants with GAD after controlling for gender and depression. The perfectionism dimension Doubts about Actions significantly predicted whether individuals from the full sample received a principal diagnosis of GAD. Conclusions: These findings support certain dimensions of perfectionism having significant associations with pathological worry and GAD. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-444112017-09-13T14:13:04Z The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder Handley, Alicia Egan, Sarah Kane, Robert Rees, Clare Pathological worry Perfectionism Generalised anxiety disorder Background: The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) were investigated in a clinical sample presenting for treatment of perfectionism. Method: This study explored the utility of perfectionism in predicting pathological worry in a sample of individuals with elevated perfectionism and GAD (n = 36). Following this, the study examined whether perfectionism could predict a principal GAD diagnosis in the full sample (n = 42).Results: Scores on the perfectionism dimensions Concern over Mistakes, Personal Standards, and Clinical Perfectionism significantly predicted pathological worry among participants with GAD after controlling for gender and depression. The perfectionism dimension Doubts about Actions significantly predicted whether individuals from the full sample received a principal diagnosis of GAD. Conclusions: These findings support certain dimensions of perfectionism having significant associations with pathological worry and GAD. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44411 10.1186/1471-244X-14-98 BioMed Central Ltd. fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Pathological worry Perfectionism Generalised anxiety disorder Handley, Alicia Egan, Sarah Kane, Robert Rees, Clare The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder |
| title | The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder |
| title_full | The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder |
| title_fullStr | The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder |
| title_short | The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder |
| title_sort | relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder |
| topic | Pathological worry Perfectionism Generalised anxiety disorder |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44411 |