Transcription of Perfectionism Is Increasing Over Time
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Perfectionism Is Increasing over Time: A Meta-Analysis of Birth CohortDifferences From 1989 to 2016 Thomas CurranUniversity of BathAndrew P. HillYork St John UniversityFrom the 1980s onward, neoliberal governance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdomhas emphasized competitive individualism and people have seemingly responded, in kind, by agitatingto perfect themselves and their lifestyles. In this study, the authors examine whether cultural changeshave coincided with an increase in multidimensional Perfectionism in college students over the last 27years. Their analyses are based on 164 samples and 41,641 American, Canadian, and British collegestudents, who completed the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Hewitt & Flett, 1991) between 1989and 2016 ( female,Mage ). Cross-temporal meta-analysis revealed that levels of self-oriented Perfectionism , socially prescribed Perfectionism , and other-oriented Perfectionism have linearlyincreased.
Dec 28, 2017 · depression over time—an effect typically lost in cross-sectional studies (Smith et al., 2016, 2017). Socially prescribed perfectionism is the most debilitating of the three dimensions of perfectionism. This is because the perceived expectations of others are experienced as excessive, uncontrolla-
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