An Examination of the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Neurological Functioning
Autor: | Clarissa W. Ong, Julie M. Petersen, Allison S. Hancock, Michael E. Levin, Ronald B. Gillam, Michael P. Twohig |
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Přispěvatelé: | Springer Publishing Company |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Prefrontal Cortex
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology medicine.disease_cause behavioral disciplines and activities Acceptance and commitment therapy law.invention Randomized controlled trial law medicine functional near-infrared spectroscopy Humans Nervous System Physiological Phenomena Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Students Prefrontal cortex neurological Neural correlates of consciousness Educational Psychology Right inferior parietal lobule Perfectionism (psychology) Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology medicine.anatomical_structure Functional near-infrared spectroscopy Perfectionism Psychology psychological phenomena and processes Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Psychology Faculty Publications |
ISSN: | 1938-887X 0889-8391 |
Popis: | Clinical perfectionism is the rigid pursuit of high standards, interfering with functioning. Little research has explored neural patterns in clinical perfectionism. The present study explores neural correlates of clinical perfectionism, before and after receiving ten 50-minute, weekly sessions of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), as compared to low-perfectionist controls, in specific cortical structures: the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), right inferior parietal lobule (IPL). Participants in the perfectionist condition (n = 43) were from a randomized controlled trial evaluating ACT for clinical perfectionism and low-perfectionist controls were undergraduate students (n = 12). Participants completed three tasks (editing a passage, mirror image tracing, circle tracing) using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure neural activation. Results indicate that ḥin the DLPFC and MPFC of the perfectionists whereas activation in the other tasks were relatively similar. There were no differences were observed in the right DLPFC, MPFC, and right IPL between the posttreatment perfectionist and nonperfectionist control groups. Our findings suggest an unclear relationship between neural activation and perfectionism. |
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