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Perfectionism and Depression: Vulnerabilities Nurses Need to Understand

Author(s) -

Sherri Melrose

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

nursing research and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-1437

pISSN - 2090-1429

DOI - 10.1155/2011/858497

Subject(s) - perfectionism (psychology) , psychology , neuroticism , distress , personality , vulnerability (computing) , depression (economics) , excellence , adaptability , clinical psychology , social psychology , computer security , political science , computer science , law , economics , macroeconomics , ecology , biology

Striving for excellence is an admirable goal. Adaptive or healthy perfectionism can drive ambition and lead to extraordinary accomplishments. High-achieving people often show signs of perfectionism. However, maladaptive, unhealthy, or neurotic perfectionism, where anything less than perfect is unacceptable, can leave individuals vulnerable to depression. In both personal and professional relationships, nurses need to understand how accepting only perfection in self and others is likely to lead to emotional distress. This paper reviews perfectionism as a personality style, comments on perfectionism and high achievement, discusses vulnerabilities to depression, identifies how to recognize perfectionists, and presents balancing strategies perfectionists can implement to lessen their vulnerability to depression.

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