%0 Journal Article
%T The relationship between perfectionistic self
%A Andrew P Hill
%A Daniel J Read
%A Gareth E Jowett
%A Sarah L Astill
%J Journal of Health Psychology
%@ 1461-7277
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1359105316674268
%X Univariate and multivariate relationships between perfectionistic self-presentation and reactions to impairment and disability following spinal cord injury were examined. A total of 144 adults with spinal cord injury (M£¿=£¿48.18£¿years old, SD£¿=£¿15.96) completed self-report measures. Analyses revealed that, after controlling for time since injury and gender, perfectionistic self-presentation predicted six of eight reactions, shock, depression and internalised anger particularly strongly. In addition, at multivariate level, perfectionistic self-presentation was positively related to non-adaptive reactions and negatively related to adaptive reactions. The findings suggest that perfectionistic self-presentation may contribute to poorer psychosocial adaptation to spinal cord injury
%K chronic illness
%K correlation
%K disability
%K health psychology
%K psychological distress
%K quantitative methods
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1359105316674268