Perfectionism in obsessive-compulsive and eating disorders

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Berta Rodrigues Maia²  Maria João Soares²  Ana Gomes¹  Mariana Marques²  Ana Telma Pereira²  Ana Cabral²  José Valente²  Sandra Carvalho Bos²  Michele Pato¹  Fernando Pocinho¹  Maria Helena Azevedo²  António Macedo² 

[1] ,Universidade de Coimbra School of Medicine Institute of Medical Psychology,Portugal

关键词: Personality;    Obsessive-compulsive disorder;    Eating disorders;    Depression;    Anxiety;    Personalidade;    Transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo;    Transtornos alimentares;    Depressão;    Ansiedade;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-44462009005000004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: The main aims of this article are twofold. First, to assess perfectionism dimensions in obsessive-compulsive disorder and eating disorders in comparison with psychiatric control (depression/anxiety) and non-clinical control groups. Second, to examine if perfectionism is specifically related to these different clinical conditions. METHOD: Thirty-nine outpatients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, 24 outpatients with eating disorders, 65 outpatients with a diagnosis of depression and/or anxiety, and 70 non-clinical participants completed the Portuguese version of the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale. RESULTS: Compared to non-clinical subjects, individuals of all clinical samples had significantly higher scores on Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale total score, Self-Oriented and Socially-Prescribed Perfectionism. There were no significantly differences in Self-Oriented Perfectionism and Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale total score in all the three clinical samples. Subjects from the eating disorders sample had significantly higher scores of Socially-Prescribed Perfectionism in comparison to obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychiatric control samples. CONCLUSION: Perfectionism showed to be related with this broad range of psychopathologies. However, the differences between eating disorders versus obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychiatric control on Socially-Prescribed Perfectionism warrant further investigation in order to clarify the specificity of this perfectionism dimension in eating disorders.

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