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ArticleJournal of religion and health2025

Self-Compassion, Maladaptive Perfectionism, and Scrupulosity Among Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the USA.

Sarah E Polhill, Sara K Hansen Smith, Elijah C Baughan, Kiana Bunnell, Benson Bunker, Daniela Garcia-Prada, Michael A Ferguson, Gregory S Smith, Brooke M Smith, Kenneth T Wang and 2 more

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Sarah E PolhillDepartment of Psychology, Binghamton University, State University of New York, PO Box 6000, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA. spolhill@binghamton.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6491-5424
Sara K Hansen SmithDepartment of Psychology, Formerly of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA.
Elijah C BaughanPsychology Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA.
Kiana BunnellPsychology Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA.
Benson BunkerCollege of Education Counseling Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Daniela Garcia-PradaPsychology Department, Rush University, Chicago, USA.
Michael A FergusonDepartment of Neurology & Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Gregory S SmithDepartment of Special Education, Ball State University, Muncie, USA.
Brooke M SmithUniversity of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA.
Kenneth T WangClinical Psychology Department, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, USA.
G E Kawika AllenCounseling Psychology and Special Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA.
Jared A NielsenDepartment of Psychology & Neuroscience Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA.

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Scrupulosity, a pattern of religious and moral obsessions, impacts the religious experience and well-being of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Maladaptive perfectionism, a pattern of pathologically high personal standards and perceived personal failure, is associated with increased scrupulosity among LDS individuals. Self-compassion has been identified as a potential protective factor in the relation between maladaptive perfectionism and a range of psychopathology-relevant outcomes, including among religious populations. However, little is directly known about the role of self-compassion in the relation between maladaptive perfectionism and scrupulosity. The present study examines relationships among scrupulosity, perfectionism, and self-compassion among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). We examined indirect associations between maladaptive perfectionism and scrupulosity through self-compassion in a discovery sample (N = 378) and a replication sample (N = 542) of LDS university students in the USA. Consistent with hypotheses, self-compassion negatively correlated with both scrupulosity and maladaptive perfectionism in both samples. Findings showed a direct association between maladaptive perfectionism and scrupulosity and an indirect association via self-compassion in both samples. As hypothesized, self-compassion may temper the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and scrupulosity. These findings suggest that it may be beneficial to test self-compassion interventions in the treatment of scrupulosity in LDS individuals, including further research of tailored treatments for this population.

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Latter-day SaintsPerfectionismReligiosityScrupulositySelf-compassion

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