Psychological features of physical perfectionism in personality
Keywords:
perfectionism, personality, physical perfectionism, levels of physical perfectionism, self-image, physical self-image, well-being.
Abstract
The article examines the psychological features of physical perfectionism in personality. Physical perfectionism refers to a system of personal beliefs and attitudes related to one's physical appearance: heightened preoccupation with one's appearance and the pursuit of high body standards, striving for the best results in the pursuit of an ideal figure, as well as a pathological attitude towards any critical remarks about one's appearance. The formation of the «I-physical image» is influenced by socio-psychological factors and represents a dual process. On the one hand, it is the influence of society expressed in judgments, thoughts, perceptions, stereotypes, and ideals. On the other hand, it is the independent reflection and awareness of one's own criteria of body significance. The aim of the study is to determine the individual psychological characteristics of individuals with different levels of physical perfectionism. The object of study is the physical perfectionism of personality. The following methods were chosen to achieve the goal: theoretical-methodological analysis, psychodiagnostic, and mathematical-statistical methods. The psychodiagnostic complex consisted of the methods: «Physical Perfectionism Scale» and «I - Structural Test of the Ammon». The main task was to study the psychological characteristics of individuals with different levels of physical perfectionism. The conducted correlation analysis allowed us to identify significant relationships between indicators of physical perfectionism and indicators of «I-functions». Using the «axes» method, two groups of individuals with high and low levels of physical perfectionism were selected from the general group. In order to identify individual psychological characteristics, a qualitative analysis of property profiles in the corresponding groups was carried out. The obtained results of our study allow providing a psychological characterization of individuals who differ in the level of physical perfectionism and considering them as individuals endowed with a complex of personality traits that accompany a set of pronounced «I-functions».
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Burns, R. B. (1979). The self-concept: Theory, measurement, development and behavior. London and New York: Longman, 341 р. URL: https://acortar.link/16Vyvg (in English)
Davis, C., Elliott, S., Dionne, M., & Mitchell, I. (1991) The relationship of personality factors and physical activity to body satisfaction in men. Personality and Individual Differences, 12(7), 689-694 URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(91)90224-Y (in English)
Davis, K. (1995). Reshaping the Female Body: The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery (1st ed.). Routledge, 224 р. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203700129 (in English)
Dittmar H. (2009) How do "body perfect" ideals in the media have a negative impact on body image and behaviors? Factors and processes related to self and identity. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2009.28.1.1 (in English)
Dorozhevets A.N., & Sokolova E.T. (1991) Research on the image of the physical self: some results and thoughts. Bodyness of a person: inter-disciplinary aspect: Sat. of articles, 64-74. URL: https://vprosvet.ru/biblioteka/psysience/obraz-fizicheskogo-ya/ (in Russian)
Eliseeva O.A. (2011) The structure of the subjective well-being of adolescents in an educational environment with a low level of psychological safety. Psychological and pedagogical research, 3(3). URL: https://psyjournals.ru/journals/psyedu/archive/2011_n3/47424 (in Russian)
Fairburn, C.G., Cooper, Z., & Shafran, R. (2003) Cognitive behavior therapy for eating disorders: A "transdiagnostic" theory and treatment. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 4, 509-528. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-7967(02)00088-8 (in English)
Fisher, S. (2014) Development and Structure of The Body Image. NY, 568 p. https://www.perlego.com/book/1552867/development-and-structure-of-the-body-image-volume-2-pdf (in English)
Graber, J.A. Graber J.A, Brooks-Gunn, J., Paikoff, R.L., & Warren, M.P. (1994) Prediction of eating problems: An 8-year study of adolescent girls. Developmental Psychology, 30(6), 823-834. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.30.6.823 (in English)
Grogan, S. (2016) Body Image. Understanding Body dissatisfaction in Men, Women and Children. London and New York: Routledge, 228 p. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315681528 (in English)
Günther, A. (1997) «Ammon's I-structural test» URL: https://psytests.org/diag/ammon-run.html
Haranyan N.G. (2006) Perfectionism and mental disorders (overview of foreign empirical studies). Contemporary therapy of mental disorders, 1, 31-41. URL: http://mniip-repo.ru/uploads/1374828321.pdf (in Russian)
Kholmogorova, A.B., & Dadeko, A.A. (2010) Physical perfectionism as a factor in affective spectrum disorders in modern culture. Medical psychology in Russia: Electronic. Science Journal, 3. URL: http://www.mprj.ru/archiv_global/2010_3_4/nomer/nomer13.php (in Russian)
Kholmogorova, A.B., & Dadenko, A.A. Questionnaire (2020). «Physical Perfectionism Scale» Anton Hellat Psycologist. URL: https://psykhellat.ru/test/шкала-физического-перфекционизма/ (in Russian)
Kholmogorova, A.B., & Rakhmanina, A.A. (2020) The three-factor scale of physical perfectionism is a new diagnostic tool for pathogenic appearance standards in modern culture. Consulting psychology and psychotherapy, 28(4), 98–117 URL: https://psyjournals.ru/journals/cpp/archive/2020_n4/cpp_2020_n4_Kholmogorova_Rakhmanina.pdf (in Russian)
Kholmogorova, A.B., & Tarkhanova, P.M., (2014) Appearance standards and culture: the role of physical perfectionism and ego consequences for the emotional well-being of people in our era. Questions of psychology, 2, 52-65. URL: https://psychlib.ru/inc/absid.php?absid=172010 (in Russian)
Killen, P.K. Taylor, C.B., Hayward, C., Haydel, K.F., Wilson, D.M., Hammer, L.D., Kraemer, H.C., Blair-Greiner, A., & Strachowski, D. (1996) Weigh concerns influence the development of eating disoders: A 4-year prospective study. Journal Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64(5), 936-940. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-006x.64.5.936 (in English)
Kononenko, O.I. (2014) The phenomenon of physical perfectionism in modern psychology. Science and education. Odesa, 11, 91-95 URL: http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/NiO_2014_11_19 (in Ukrainian)
Morey, D., & Morey, L. (1991) The Vulnerable Body Image of Females with Feelings of Depression. Journal of Research in Personality, 25, 343-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-6566(91)90025-L (in English)
Morey, D., & Morey, L. (1987) Vulnerability of Female Body Image to Weight Related Feedback. Paper presented at Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (95th, New York, NY, August 28-September 1, 1987), 143-150 URL: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED295103.pdf (in English)
Neumark-Sztainer, Paxton, S., Hannon, P., Haines, J., & Story, M. (2006) Does body satisfaction matter? Five-year longitudinal associations between body satisfaction and health behaviours in adolescent females and males. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(2), 244-251 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.001 (in English)
Paramonova, V.V. (2009) The phenomenon of bodily perfectionism as a sociocultural pathology. Cultural and historical psychology, 5(3), 34-41. URL: https://psyjournals.ru/journals/chp/archive/2009_n3/24639 (in Russian)
Paxton, S.J., Wertheim, E.H., Gibbons, K., Szmukler, G., Hillier, L., & Petrovich, J.L. (1991) Body image satisfaction, dieting beliefs, and weight loss behaviors in adolescent girls and boys. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 20(3), 361-379. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537402 (in English)
Pope, H.G., Phillips. K.A., & Olivardia, R. (2000) The Adonis complex: The secret crisis of male body obsession. New York: Free Press, 304 р. , URL: https://acortar.link/TJgX3m
Shcherbak, T. I. (2017) Relationship between the image of the physical self and physical perfectionism. Science Bulletin of the Kherson State University. Series: Psychological sciences, 2(2), 132-136. URL: http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/nvkhp_2017_2%282%29__25 (in Ukrainian)
Sherry, S.B., Hewitt, P.L., Lee-Baggley, D.L., Flett, G.L., & Besser, A. (2004) Perfectionism and Thoughts About Having Cosmetic Surgery Performed. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 9(4), рр. 244-257 URL: https://acortar.link/SNziEE (in English)
Stice, E. Presnell, K., & Spangler, D. (2002) Risk factors for binge eating onset in adolescent girls: a 2-year prospective investigation. Health Psychology, 21(2), 131-138. URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11950103/ (in English)
Stice, E., & Agras, W.S. (1998) Predicting onset and cessation of bulimic behavior during adolescence: A longitudinal grouping analysis. Journal Behavior Therapy, 29(2), 257-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-7894(98)80006-3 (in English)
Stice, E., & Bearman, S.K. (2001) Body image and eating disturbances prospectively predict growth in depressive symptoms in adolescent girls: a growth curve analysis. Development Psychology, 37(5), 597-607. https://doi.org/10.1037//0012-1649.37.5.597 (in English)
Stice, E., Hayward, C., Cameron, R. P., Killen, J. D., & Taylor, C. B. (2000). Body-image and eating disturbances predict onset of depression among female adolescents: A longitudinal study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109(3), 438-444. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.109.3.438 (in English)
Stice, E., Heather, E., & Shaw, H. (2002) Role of body dissatisfaction in the onset and maintenance of eating pathology. A synthesis of research findings/Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 53(5), 985- 993. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3999(02)00488-9 (in English)
Stice, E., & Shaw, H. (2004) Eating disorder prevention programs: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 30(2), 206-227. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.130.2.206 (in English)
Tarkhanova, P.M., & Kholmogorova, A.B. (2011) Social and psychological factors of physical perfectionism and dissatisfaction with one's body. Psychological science and education, 5, 52-60. URL: https://psyjournals.ru/journals/pse/archive/2011_n5/48716 (in Russian)
Thompson, J. K., Heinberg, L. J., Altabe, M., & Tantleff-Dunn, S. (1999). Exacting beauty: Theory, assessment, and treatment of body image disturbance. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/10312-000 (in English)
Wertheim, E.H., Koerner, J., & Paxton, S.J. (2001) Longitudinal predictors of restrictive eating and bulimic tendencies in three different age groups of adolescent girls. Journal of Youth and Adolscence, 30(1), 69-81. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005224921891 (in English)
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Babchuk, M. I., Babchuk, O. G., Asieieva, Y., Vdovichenko, O., & Melnychuk, I. (2023). Psychological features of physical perfectionism in personality. Amazonia Investiga, 12(66), 163-174. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.66.06.16
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