title: Perfectionism and its relation to overevaluation of weight and shape and depression in an eating disorder sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relative association between psychopathology (depression and overevaluation of weight and shape) and measures of perfectionism and self-criticism in an eating disorder sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (n = 39) completed measures of independent variables (perfectionism and self-criticism) and dependent variables (depression and overevaluation of weight and shape).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Simultaneous multiple regression analyses suggest that clinical perfectionism has a unique association with depression. Self-criticism and clinical perfectionism had a stronger association with overevaluation of weight and shape than other measures of perfectionism.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical perfectionism and self-criticism may be of more relevance than existing measures of multidimensional perfectionism in terms of explaining maintenance of depression and overevaluation of weight and shape.
authors: School of Psychology, Flinders University, PO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. anna.steele@flinders.edu.au
authors: Anna L
authors: AL
authors: Steele
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: O'Shea
authors: Amelia
authors: A
authors: Murdock
authors: Tracey D
authors: TD
authors: Wade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires