The problem of overcontrol: Perfectionism, emotional inhibition, and personality disorders

Some individuals with Personality Disorders (PD), particularly of a non-Borderline type, present with difficulties relating to over-control of cognitions, emotion and behavior, perfectionistic traits, and impaired social interactions. The current study sought to evaluate the strength of association, and interactions of both emotional inhibition and perfectionism in PD's, after controlling for symptoms and interpersonal problems.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Giancarlo Dimaggio, Angus MacBeth, Raffaele Popolo, Giampaolo Salvatore, Filippo Perrini, Aigli Raouna, Cemre Su Osam, Luisa Buonocore, Aldea Bandiera, Antonella Montano Source Type: research