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Trying to Be Perfect in an Imperfect World: Examining the Role of Perfectionism in the Context of Chronic Illness

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Perfectionism, Health, and Well-Being

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This chapter offers a new theoretical model for explaining how perfectionism may be a risk factor for poor adjustment and health in the context of chronic illness. The Stress and Coping Cyclical Amplification Model of Perfectionism in Illness (SCCAMPI) underscores the importance of both intrapsychic (i.e., perceptions of control and self-evaluative tendencies) and interpersonal processes (i.e., social support and self-concealment) that link perfectionism to important health outcomes (i.e., physical symptoms and health behaviors) through the amplification of stress and maladaptive coping. After reviewing relevant literature linking perfectionism to each of these processes, we delineate how their dynamic and reciprocal relations with stress and coping can further exacerbate important downstream health outcomes. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how the SCCAMPI may be applied to better understand the role of perfectionism in health symptoms and health behaviors across different illness populations and suggests potential avenues for future research.

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Molnar, D., Sirois, F., Methot-Jones, T. (2016). Trying to Be Perfect in an Imperfect World: Examining the Role of Perfectionism in the Context of Chronic Illness. In: Sirois, F., Molnar, D. (eds) Perfectionism, Health, and Well-Being. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18582-8_4

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