Perfectionism Dimensions and Dependency in Relation to Personality Vulnerability and Psychosocial Adjustment in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

The present study sought to illuminate self-criticism and personal standards dimensions of perfectionism and dependency as specific cognitive-personality vulnerability factors that might contribute to a better understanding of numerous psychosocial problem areas that are relevant to coronary artery...

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Published in:Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings 2012-06, Vol.19 (2), p.211-223
Main Authors: Dunkley, David M., Schwartzman, Deborah, Looper, Karl J., Sigal, John J., Pierre, Andrena, Kotowycz, Mark A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adjustment
Aged
Anger
Cardiovascular disease
Clinical significance
Coping
Coronary Disease - psychology
Coronary vessels
Dependency (Psychology)
Emotions
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Family Medicine
Female
General Practice
Health Psychology
Hostility
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Multivariate Analysis
Personality
Quebec
Self-Assessment
Social support
Stress
Variables
Vein & artery diseases
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Summary:The present study sought to illuminate self-criticism and personal standards dimensions of perfectionism and dependency as specific cognitive-personality vulnerability factors that might contribute to a better understanding of numerous psychosocial problem areas that are relevant to coronary artery disease (CAD). One hundred and twenty-three patients diagnosed with clinically significant CAD completed self-report questionnaires. Zero-order correlations and factor analysis results revealed that self-criticism was primarily related to personality vulnerability (aggression/anger/hostility, Type D negative affectivity) and psychosocial maladjustment (depressive symptoms, worry, avoidant coping, support dissatisfaction), whereas personal standards was primarily related to adaptive coping (problem-focused coping, positive reinterpretation) and dependency was primarily related to worry. Hierarchical regression results demonstrated the incremental utility of self-criticism, personal standards, and dependency in relation to (mal)adjustment over and above aggression/anger/hostility, negative affectivity, and social inhibition. Continued efforts to understand the role of perfectionism dimensions and dependency in CAD appear warranted.
ISSN:1068-9583
1573-3572
DOI:10.1007/s10880-011-9271-2