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Adaptive And Maladaptive Perfectionism In A Sample Of 34 Unemployed People: Potential Implications For Further Study, And For Policy And Equity, Belinda Seib, Richard Hicks
Adaptive And Maladaptive Perfectionism In A Sample Of 34 Unemployed People: Potential Implications For Further Study, And For Policy And Equity, Belinda Seib, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
No current research exists on the impact of the attitudes of perfectionism on the unemployed, though earlier research exists from studies of the employed and of university students. The current study examined, for 34 unemployed individuals in the Personal Support Programme, the relationship between perfectionism and self-esteem, general well-being, and life satisfaction. The project is on-going. This project used the Multi-dimensional Perfectionism Scale, the General Health Questionnaire, a depression questionnaire and a general questionnaire on the satisfaction of the unemployed individuals and their willingness to seek employment. The findings emphasised that maladaptive perfectionism may play a role in the psychological …