that the unhealthy perfectionist athletes were more dissatisfied with their goal progress and performance levels. For example, one unhealthy perfectionist stated that they were self-critical based on the high standards they set (e.g., “I have a tendency to look at the negatives before the positives,” p
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Frazer Atkinson, Jeffrey J. Martin, and E. Whitney G. Moore
Thomas D. Raedeke, Victoria Blom, and Göran Kenttä
perfectionists), whereas the one labeled doubt-oriented unhealthy perfectionist did not report high parental pressures. The current study extends the past research on the unhealthy nature of perfectionism. Performers in both the maladaptive perfectionism profiles reported damaging self-perceptions, including