title: Self-reported and performance based perfectionism in mothers of individuals with Anorexia Nervosa: a pilot study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Perfectionism is implicated in the development and maintenance of Anorexia Nervosa and there is some evidence that perfectionism may be elevated in family members. However to date there are no studies investigating behavioural aspects of perfectionism in unaffected mothers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-one participants took part in this pilot study: 21 unaffected mothers of individuals with Anorexia Nervosa and 20 healthy control mothers. Participants completed two performance based tasks assessing perfectionism-a text replication task and a bead sorting task-along with self-report measures of perfectionism.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No group differences were found between unaffected AN mothers and HC mothers on performance measures of perfectionism.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings are discussed in relation to existing studies and clinical implications explored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.|Eating Disorders National Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders National Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Mima
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simic
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK. Kate.Tchanturia@kcl.ac.uk.|Eating Disorders National Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Kate.Tchanturia@kcl.ac.uk.|Illia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia. Kate.Tchanturia@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tchanturia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D000072639:Perfectionism; D010865:Pilot Projects; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anorexia Nervosa; Eating disorder; Family; Perfectionism; Performance; Personality; Trait