The take-home message: Perfectionism is rising and connected to mental health problems among young people. Parents can help ...

Ultimately, as therapists, we want many of our patients to take more responsibility for their beliefs and expectations. This is especially true for our patients who are perfectionists; they spend much ...

Our highly individualistic and meritocratic society, which promotes achievement as the basis for self-worth, leads people to ...

College students feel more pressure to be perfect than they did a generation ago, finds research published in Psychological ...

Key Takeaways College students have higher levels of perfectionism than everThis perfectionism could be driving mental health ...

Young adults strive for perfection more than ever before, suggests new research. College and university students feel greater ...

Perfectionism and anxiety often go hand-in-hand. Maybe you have a friend or loved one who is obsessed with perfection. The one who's always working—utterly terrified of letting the boss down—or the ...

The study tracked perfectionism among college students in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom across 35 years. The finding is simple, but serious: students are becoming more ...

Of course, we’re all shackled by perfectionism to some extent. Those last three statements were pulled from my own perfectionistic self-talk. In a world of carefully crafted profiles and photoshopped ...

While the pursuit of excellence and the desire to be great all seem like great things on paper, perfectionism actually stems from feelings of inadequacy and anxiety, which harm personal satisfaction ...