Biased interpretation in perfectionistic concerns: an experimental investigation
© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Background and objectives: Perfectionism is associated with the development and maintenance of several disorders. Given the importance of perfectionism understanding the biased information processes that underpin it is critica...
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| author | Howell, Joel McEvoy, Peter Grafton, B. Macleod, C. Kane, Robert Anderson, Rebecca Egan, Sarah |
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| description | © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Background and objectives: Perfectionism is associated with the development and maintenance of several disorders. Given the importance of perfectionism understanding the biased information processes that underpin it is critical. The present study tested the hypothesis that heightened concern over mistakes subscale scores of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale are characterized by a tendency to impose emotionally negative interpretations on perfectionism-relevant situations. Method and design: Seventy-six non-clinical, general population participants’ were presented with interpretations of scenarios where a protagonist was described as achieving well above what was required, but fell short of their own high standard. Using a within-subjects, quasi-experimental design, we assessed interpretations of these scenarios by examining the degree to which participants rated test sentences as being likely implications of the original scenarios. Results: A generalized linear mixed model revealed higher concern over mistakes scores were associated with an increased tendency to rate negative target test sentences as being similar to the original perfectionism-relevant scenarios, and a reduced tendency to rate positive target test sentences as being similar to these original scenarios. Conclusions: The findings provide support for the cognitive–behavioral model of perfectionism. These findings support the inclusion of strategies in cognitive–behavioral treatment of perfectionism to reduce interpretation bias. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-760582020-03-09T03:42:44Z Biased interpretation in perfectionistic concerns: an experimental investigation Howell, Joel McEvoy, Peter Grafton, B. Macleod, C. Kane, Robert Anderson, Rebecca Egan, Sarah Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Neurosciences Psychiatry Psychology, Multidisciplinary Neurosciences & Neurology Psychology Perfectionism interpretation bias perfectionistic concerns cognitive bias RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY ANXIETY STRESS SCALES DIMENSIONS PSYCHOPATHOLOGY METAANALYSIS DEPRESSION DISORDERS SYMPTOMS SELF © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Background and objectives: Perfectionism is associated with the development and maintenance of several disorders. Given the importance of perfectionism understanding the biased information processes that underpin it is critical. The present study tested the hypothesis that heightened concern over mistakes subscale scores of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale are characterized by a tendency to impose emotionally negative interpretations on perfectionism-relevant situations. Method and design: Seventy-six non-clinical, general population participants’ were presented with interpretations of scenarios where a protagonist was described as achieving well above what was required, but fell short of their own high standard. Using a within-subjects, quasi-experimental design, we assessed interpretations of these scenarios by examining the degree to which participants rated test sentences as being likely implications of the original scenarios. Results: A generalized linear mixed model revealed higher concern over mistakes scores were associated with an increased tendency to rate negative target test sentences as being similar to the original perfectionism-relevant scenarios, and a reduced tendency to rate positive target test sentences as being similar to these original scenarios. Conclusions: The findings provide support for the cognitive–behavioral model of perfectionism. These findings support the inclusion of strategies in cognitive–behavioral treatment of perfectionism to reduce interpretation bias. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76058 10.1080/10615806.2019.1586888 English TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Neurosciences Psychiatry Psychology, Multidisciplinary Neurosciences & Neurology Psychology Perfectionism interpretation bias perfectionistic concerns cognitive bias RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY ANXIETY STRESS SCALES DIMENSIONS PSYCHOPATHOLOGY METAANALYSIS DEPRESSION DISORDERS SYMPTOMS SELF Howell, Joel McEvoy, Peter Grafton, B. Macleod, C. Kane, Robert Anderson, Rebecca Egan, Sarah Biased interpretation in perfectionistic concerns: an experimental investigation |
| title | Biased interpretation in perfectionistic concerns: an experimental investigation |
| title_full | Biased interpretation in perfectionistic concerns: an experimental investigation |
| title_fullStr | Biased interpretation in perfectionistic concerns: an experimental investigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biased interpretation in perfectionistic concerns: an experimental investigation |
| title_short | Biased interpretation in perfectionistic concerns: an experimental investigation |
| title_sort | biased interpretation in perfectionistic concerns: an experimental investigation |
| topic | Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Neurosciences Psychiatry Psychology, Multidisciplinary Neurosciences & Neurology Psychology Perfectionism interpretation bias perfectionistic concerns cognitive bias RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY ANXIETY STRESS SCALES DIMENSIONS PSYCHOPATHOLOGY METAANALYSIS DEPRESSION DISORDERS SYMPTOMS SELF |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76058 |