title: The relationship between perfectionistic self-presentation and reactions to impairment and disability following spinal cord injury.
abstract: Univariate and multivariate relationships between perfectionistic self-presentation and reactions to impairment and disability following spinal cord injury were examined. A total of 144 adults with spinal cord injury ( M = 48.18 years old, SD = 15.96) completed self-report measures. Analyses revealed that, after controlling for time since injury and gender, perfectionistic self-presentation predicted six of eight reactions, shock, depression and internalised anger particularly strongly. In addition, at multivariate level, perfectionistic self-presentation was positively related to non-adaptive reactions and negatively related to adaptive reactions. The findings suggest that perfectionistic self-presentation may contribute to poorer psychosocial adaptation to spinal cord injury.
authors: 1 York St John University, UK.
authors: Daniel J
authors: DJ
authors: Read
authors: 1 York St John University, UK.
authors: Andrew P
authors: AP
authors: Hill
authors: 1 York St John University, UK.
authors: Gareth E
authors: GE
authors: Jowett
authors: 2 University of Leeds, UK.
authors: Sarah L
authors: SL
authors: Astill
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072639:Perfectionism; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: chronic illness; correlation; disability; health psychology; psychological distress; quantitative methods