PMID- 34362859
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211028
LR  - 20211028
IS  - 1938-887X (Electronic)
IS  - 0889-8391 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 3
DP  - 2021 Aug 1
TI  - An Examination of the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Neurological 
      Functioning.
PG  - 195-211
LID - 10.1891/JCPSY-D-20-00037 [doi]
AB  - Clinical perfectionism is the rigid pursuit of high standards, interfering with 
      functioning. Little research has explored neural patterns in clinical 
      perfectionism. The present study explores neural correlates of clinical 
      perfectionism, before and after receiving ten 50-minute, weekly sessions of 
      acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), as compared to low-perfectionist 
      controls, in specific cortical structures: the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex 
      (DLPFC), medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), right inferior parietal lobule (IPL). 
      Participants in the perfectionist condition (n = 43) were from a randomized 
      controlled trial evaluating ACT for clinical perfectionism and low-perfectionist 
      controls were undergraduate students (n = 12). Participants completed three tasks 
      (editing a passage, mirror image tracing, circle tracing) using functional 
      near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure neural activation. Results indicate 
      that hin the DLPFC and MPFC of the perfectionists whereas activation in the other 
      tasks were relatively similar. There were no differences were observed in the 
      right DLPFC, MPFC, and right IPL between the posttreatment perfectionist and 
      nonperfectionist control groups. Our findings suggest an unclear relationship 
      between neural activation and perfectionism.
CI  - (c) Copyright 2021 Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
FAU - Petersen, Julie
AU  - Petersen J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4146-5624
AD  - Utah State University, Old Main Hill, Logan, UT Julie.Petersen@aggiemail.usu.edu.
FAU - Ong, Clarissa W
AU  - Ong CW
AD  - Utah State University, Old Main Hill, Logan, UT.
FAU - Hancock, Allison S
AU  - Hancock AS
AD  - Utah State University, Old Main Hill, Logan, UT.
FAU - Gillam, Ronald B
AU  - Gillam RB
AD  - Utah State University, Old Main Hill, Logan, UT.
FAU - Levin, Michael E
AU  - Levin ME
AD  - Utah State University, Old Main Hill, Logan, UT.
FAU - Twohig, Michael P
AU  - Twohig MP
AD  - Utah State University, Old Main Hill, Logan, UT.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Cogn Psychother
JT  - Journal of cognitive psychotherapy
JID - 8806397
SB  - IM
MH  - *Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
MH  - *Perfectionism
MH  - Prefrontal Cortex
MH  - Students
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - acceptance and commitment therapy
OT  - functional near-infrared spectroscopy
OT  - neurological
OT  - perfectionism
EDAT- 2021/08/08 06:00
MHDA- 2021/10/29 06:00
CRDT- 2021/08/07 05:43
PHST- 2021/08/07 05:43 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/08/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/10/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - 35/3/195 [pii]
AID - 10.1891/JCPSY-D-20-00037 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Cogn Psychother. 2021 Aug 1;35(3):195-211. doi: 10.1891/JCPSY-D-20-00037.