Perfectionism,personality, and affective experiences: New insights from revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom;2. Department of Psychology, City University London, London, United Kingdom;1. Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom;2. University of California, Berkeley, United States;3. University of Liverpool, United Kingdom;4. Queen''s University, Belfast, United Kingdom;5. San Francisco State University, United States;1. Scientific Research Institute of Physiology and Basic Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia;2. Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of RAS, Moscow, Russia;3. Institute of Psychology of RAS, Moscow, Russia;4. National Research Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia;1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, MI, USA;2. Faculty of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan;1. School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom;2. Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, PR China |
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| Abstract: | Previous studies have linked perfectionism to differences in reinforcement sensitivity, but findings have been mixed. The present study explored the relationships between three forms of perfectionism (self-oriented, other-oriented, socially prescribed) and components of the revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of personality in relation to the experience of positive and negative affect. In a sample of 388 university students, we found consistent evidence of significant bivariate and semipartial correlations controlling for the overlap between the three forms of perfectionism: self-oriented perfectionism showed positive relationships with the Behavioral Approach System (BAS), the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS), and the Fight–Flight–Freeze System (FFFS); other-oriented perfectionism showed a negative relationship with the BIS (and was unrelated to the FFFS); and socially prescribed perfectionism showed positive relationships with the BIS and BAS impulsiveness, and a negative relationship with BAS goal-drive persistence (and was unrelated to the FFFS). Furthermore, mediation analyses indicated that the reinforcement sensitivity components (BIS and BAS, but not FFFS) explained differences in how the three forms of perfectionism predicted recent positive and negative affect. These findings open up new empirical avenues in suggesting that fundamental emotion–motivational systems play a key role in the relationship of perfectionism and affective experiences. |
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