ArticleEuropean journal of personality
From theory to research: Interpretational guidelines, statistical guidance, and a shiny app for the model of excellencism and perfectionism.
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- Do You See the Difference Between Perfection and Excellence?Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
- Distinguishing perfectionism and excellencism in graduate students: Contrasting links with performance satisfaction, research self-efficacy, burnout, and dropout intentions.British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) · 2025Article
- Who tends to be a perfectionistic adolescent? Distinguishing perfectionism from excellencism and investigating the links with the Big Five and self-esteem.British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) · 2025Article
- Investigating the negative link between perfectionism and emotional divergent thinking.Discover psychology · 2025Article
- Basic Psychological Needs in the Face of Achievement Vulnerability: A Study in Young Team Athletes.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
After decades of research and debates about whether perfectionism is healthy or unhealthy, the Model of Excellencism and Perfectionism (MEP) recently differentiated between people striving for high standards (excellence strivers) and those pursuing perfectionistic standards (perfection strivers). In this study, we devised and tested an interpretational framework of nine scenarios to help determine whether perfectionism is beneficial, unneeded, or harmful by comparing the outcomes of excellence and perfection strivers. In a cross-sectional study with university students (
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