title: Family patterns of perfectionism: an examination of college students and their parents.
abstract: We examined patterns of perfectionism among college students and their biological parents in a sample of 188 undergraduates from intact families. Ratings (self vs. other) showed the greatest degree of convergence when daughters were either the target or the rater. Levels of self-oriented perfectionism in students were positively associated with the levels characterizing the same-sex parent, but unrelated (father-daughter) or negatively related (mother-son) to the levels characterizing the opposite-sex parent. Finally, parents' other-oriented perfectionism was not significantly related to students' socially prescribed perfectionism.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA.
authors: A Z
authors: AZ
authors: Vieth
authors: T J
authors: TJ
authors: Trull
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities