| Perfectionism and coping with daily failures: positive reframing helps achieve satisfaction at the end of the day. | |
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PMID: 21424944 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Differentiating perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns, the present study examined how perfectionism predicts what coping strategies people use, when dealing with failures, and how perfectionism and coping influence people's satisfaction. A sample of 149 students completed daily reports for 3-14 days, reporting the most bothersome failure they experienced during the day, what strategies they used to cope with the failure, and how satisfied they felt at the end of the day. Multilevel regression analyses showed that perfectionistic concerns predicted more frequent use of self-blame, less frequent use of active coping and acceptance, and higher satisfaction at the end of the day, whereas perfectionistic strivings predicted less frequent use of self-blame and higher satisfaction. Although positive reframing, acceptance, and humor predicted higher satisfaction for all students, further analyses showed that positive reframing coping was particularly helpful for students high in perfectionistic concern. The findings suggest that accommodative coping strategies are generally helpful in dealing with personal failures, with positive reframing being a coping strategy that works particularly well for people high in perfectionistic concerns (who are prone to dissatisfaction) to achieve higher satisfaction at the end of the day. |
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Joachim Stoeber; Dirk P Janssen |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-3-18 |
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Title: Anxiety, stress, and coping Volume: - ISSN: 1477-2205 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-3-22 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9212242 Medline TA: Anxiety Stress Coping Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-21 Citation Subset: - |
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School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK. |
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