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  • Social Psychology
  • Performance Psychology

Background:

  • Trait perfectionism's impact on coping and affect in lab settings is known.
  • The role of perfectionistic self-presentation in performance is less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Examine relationships between perfectionistic self-presentation, maladaptive coping, and affect.
  • Investigate how self-presentation influences responses to lab tasks.

Main Methods:

  • 130 undergraduates completed challenging arithmetic and anagram tasks.
  • Assessed positive/negative affect pre- and post-performance.
  • Measured coping strategies during performance.

Main Results:

  • Elevated perfectionistic self-presentation linked to more negative affect and maladaptive coping.
  • Nondisclosure of imperfection predicted lower positive affect.
  • Nondisplay and nondisclosure indirectly increased negative affect via coping.

Conclusions:

  • Perfectionistic self-presentation uniquely contributes to performance outcomes beyond trait perfectionism.
  • Findings suggest specific self-presentation behaviors influence affective responses.
  • Further research is needed to explore these dynamics.