None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Extensive research suggests that high levels of perfectionism are associated with various mental health issues and that many university students possess perfectionistic traits. This study aims to assess the feasibility of Intentional Imperfection, an educational resource for university students that targets consequences of perfectionistic behaviours based on the Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model. Eligible participants must be aged 17 or above and score 36 or above on the Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire. Eligible participants will complete several baseline measures followed by engagement with the educational resource, which teaches emotion regulation strategies, social skills, and relationship goal setting. Participants will be contacted two weeks later to a complete post-intervention assessment and a feedback survey. We expect engagement with the resource will increase participants interpersonal, cognitive and emotion regulation skills, and decrease rejection sensitivity, interpersonal hostility, actual/perceived social disconnection and thus risk for psychopathology.
Interventions
All participants will be assigned to engage with an educational resource titled 'Intentional Imperfection', which aims to target consequences of perfectionistic behaviour based on the Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model. The educational resource has modules on the following: perfectionism, rejection sensitivity, interpersonal hostility, social disconnection and summary. Each module introduces the concept via an informative video followed by strategies to manage these challenges. These strat
All participants will be assigned to engage with an educational resource titled 'Intentional Imperfection', which aims to target consequences of perfectionistic behaviour based on the Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model. The educational resource has modules on the following: perfectionism, rejection sensitivity, interpersonal hostility, social disconnection and summary. Each module introduces the concept via an informative video followed by strategies to manage these challenges. These strategies include emotion regulation, behaviour regulation, increasing interpersonal skills and relationship goal setting. These strategies are based on previous scientific research and have been verified with a clinical psychologist. This educational resource is to be delivered online in an individual format. The intervention is delivered once for a duration of 2 hours. Participants will be emailed a feedback survey two weeks after the completion of the educational resource and responses will help guide the development of this resource.
Sponsors
Macquarie University
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
17 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
To participate in this study, participants must be greater than or equal to 17 years of age, proficient in English, and have a score greater than or equal to 36 on the Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire. (Dickie, Surgenor, Wilson, & McDowall, 2012; Fairburn et al., 2003). Scores of 36 and higher indicate that an individual is at least moderately perfectionistic.
Exclusion criteria
Participants who do not pass the reading validity question in the prescreener will be excluded.
Outcome results
None listed