Is striving for perfection hurting your mental health? Here's why excellence may be the healthier, more adaptive, and more beneficial alternative, writes ArashEmamzadeh
could be defined as “a tendency to aim and strive toward idealized, flawless, and excessively high standards in a relentless manner.”may be defined as a “tendency to aim and strive toward very high yet attainable standards in an effortful, engaged, and determined yet flexible manner.”
The results of Study 4 , along with the previous two investigations, also showed excellence and perfectionism are “distinctively associated with indicators of psychological adjustment and academic achievement.”and higher life satisfaction and progress toward one’s goals, in addition to increased probability of getting higher grades, being a straight-A student, and experiencing more academic improvement over time.
Do these negative outcomes mean that “non-perfectionism” is the answer? No. As the studies reviewed showed, excellencism may be the healthier, more adaptive, and more beneficial alternative.
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