Nazari N. Perfectionism and mental health problems: Limitations and directions for future research. World J Clin Cases 2022; 10(14): 4709-4712 [PMID: 35663083 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i14.4709]
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Nabi Nazari, PhD, Academic Fellow, Research Assistant, Research Assistant Professor, Senior Editor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Lorestan University, Kmalvand Street, Khorramabad 65065, Iran. nazariirani@gmail.com
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Psychiatry
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Letter to the Editor
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World J Clin Cases. May 16, 2022; 10(14): 4709-4712 Published online May 16, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i14.4709
Perfectionism and mental health problems: Limitations and directions for future research
Nabi Nazari
Nabi Nazari, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Lorestan University, Khorramabad 65065, Iran
Author contributions: All authors actively reviewed and revised the manuscript and approved the finally submitted manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Nabi Nazari, PhD, Academic Fellow, Research Assistant, Research Assistant Professor, Senior Editor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Lorestan University, Kmalvand Street, Khorramabad 65065, Iran. nazariirani@gmail.com
Received: January 27, 2022 Peer-review started: January 27, 2022 First decision: March 16, 2022 Revised: March 19, 2022 Accepted: April 9, 2022 Article in press: April 9, 2022 Published online: May 16, 2022
Abstract
Research has indicated that perfectionism is prevalent among adolescents and may be harmful in terms of its association with mental health problems. This letter aims to create a paradigm for future studies of the perfectionism. Specifically, we suggest gaps and implications that must be considered at perfectionism future research in terms of assessments, interventions, settings, potential treatments, gender, and social media.
Core Tip: Consistent with biopsychosocial and public health promotion perspectives on health, comprehending the consequences of perfectionism for health and well-being necessitates unifying instead of soloing studies on such linked factors and examining them in their particular contexts. As a transdiagnostic process, that perfectionism is hard to change. Consequently, treatments must be customized to address perfectionists' cognitive and emotion control difficulties, and adolescents meta-cognitive views about ability, self, and meaning of failure.
