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Differential roles of positive and negative perfectionism in predicting occupational eustress and distress
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The authors examined the role of perfectionism in explaining positive (eustress) and negative (distress) stress responses, as indicated by vigor and strain, using the Holistic Model of Stress.About:
This article is published in Personality and Individual Differences.The article was published on 2014-02-01. It has received 36 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Perfectionism (psychology) & Eustress.read more
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Assessing the Relative Impact of Diverse Stressors among Public Safety Personnel
R. Nicholas Carleton,Tracie O. Afifi,Tamara Taillieu,Sarah Turner,Julia E. Mason,Rosemary Ricciardelli,Donald R. McCreary,Adam D. Vaughan,Gregory S. Anderson,Rachel L. Krakauer,Elizabeth A. Donnelly,Ronald D. Camp,Dianne Groll,Heidi Cramm,Renée S. MacPhee,Curt T. Griffiths +15 more
TL;DR: PPTEs may be inevitable for PSP and are related to mental health; however, leadership style, organizational engagement, stigma, sleep, and social environment are modifiable variables that appear significantly related tomental health.
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The stress paradox: how stress can be good for learning
TL;DR: The myth that stress is always bad for learning is explored, and an alternative view that ultimately rejects the myth that demonises stress is considered.
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Is perfect good? A meta-analysis of perfectionism in the workplace.
TL;DR: This article conducted a meta-analysis of the possible differential effects associated with perfectionism at work and found that perfectionism has sizable and consistent relationships with several organizationally relevant factors but an equivocal overall relationship with job performance.
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The relentless pursuit of perfectionism: A review of perfectionism in the workplace and an agenda for future research
Anna Carmella G. Ocampo,Lu Wang,Kohyar Kiazad,Simon Lloyd D. Restubog,Simon Lloyd D. Restubog,Neal M. Ashkanasy +5 more
TL;DR: The pursuit of perfectionism resonates with many individuals across workplaces resulting in a recent flurry of research on the topic as mentioned in this paper, however, these efforts are scattered across multiple disciplines and utilize varying conceptualizations, as a result, we lack a coherent understanding of how perfectionism influences work behavior.
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The Effects of Positive and Negative Perfectionism on Work Engagement, Psychological Well-being and Emotional Exhaustion
Pelin Kanten,Murat Yeşiltaş +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effects of positive and negative perfectionism on work engagement, psychological well-being and emotional exhaustion, and found that positive perfectionism affects work engagement and psychological wellbeing positively, whereas it has no direct effect on emotional exhaustion.
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Douglas P. Crowne,David Marlowe +1 more
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Perfectionism in the self and social contexts: Conceptualization, assessment, and association with psychopathology.
Paul L. Hewitt,Gordon L. Flett +1 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the perfectionism construct is multidimensional, comprising both personal and social components, and that these components contribute to severe levels of psychopathology.
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Occupational stress in universities: Staff perceptions of the causes, consequences and moderators of stress
TL;DR: The first phase of a longitudinal investigation of occupational stress was conducted by as mentioned in this paper, where a total of 22 focus groups were conducted with a representative sample of 178 academic and general staff from 15 Australian universities.
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Positive and negative perfectionism
TL;DR: In this paper, a 40-item questionnaire, designed to measure perfectionism defined in terms of both positive and negative outcome, was administered to 281 women; a comparison group (N = 225), an eating disordered group(N = 21), a depressed group (n = 15) and successful athletes (n= 20), a factor analysis of the results extracted three factors; negative perfectionism including both personal and social items; positive personal perfectionism; and positive social perfectionism.
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