“Effects of Parenting Perfectionism” is a 2-year postdoctoral research grant (2018-2020; PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2016-1246; contract no. 86/ 2018) financed by the Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI) awarded to Lavinia E. Damian, PhD. and mentored by professor Oana Benga, PhD.
Project Summary
Perfectionism is a multidimensional personality disposition associated with psychological maladjustment. The present research will try to address the limitations of the literature and to overcome the identified difficulties by proposing a three-wave longitudinal study. The objective is to investigate longitudinal effects of parenting perfectionism in terms of: parenting subjective experience (parenting satisfaction, parenting stress), parental behaviors (autonomy support, responsiveness, behavioral control, psychological control), adolescent perfectionism (perfectionistic strivings, concerns, other-oriented perfectionism), adolescent emotional development (emotion regulation strategies: self-blaming, acceptance, rumination, positive refocusing, refocus on planning, positive reappraisal, putting into perspective, catastrophizing, and blaming others), and adolescent social development (quality of relationships with close friends: degree of mutual trust, quality of communication, and extent of anger and alienation). A sample of approximately 300 dyads of parents and their adolescent children attending 6th to 12th grade of public middle and high schools will be recruited for completing questionnaires three times over one year. The variables will be measured with instruments built on recent theoretical and methodological developments that operationalize different components of the constructs and thus allow for a multidimensional assessment. Data will be analyzed by means of advanced longitudinal data analyses. The deliverables will target two communities: scientists and practitioners. The scientific deliverables will consist of a minimum of three papers published in top 50% high impact journals and two international conference presentations. For practitioners, deliverables will consist of a practical guide and workshops on the applicability of the study findings, promoting research-based interventions targeting parenting perfectionism and parental behaviors.
Project Results (ongoing)
Scientific articles
Damian, L. E., Negru-Subtirica, O., Domocus, I. M., & Friedlmeier, M. (2019). Healthy financial behaviors and financial satisfaction in emerging adulthood: A parental socialization perspective. Emerging Adulthood. DOI: 10.1177/2167696819841952 (ISI ascending)
Vois, D., & Damian, L. E. (2020). Perfectionism and emotion regulation in adolescents: A two-wave longitudinal study. Personality and Individual Differences, 156, 109756. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.109756 (Impact factor: 1.997, Q2)
Domocus, I. M., Damian, L. E., & Benga, O. (2019). Teachers’ role in the development of children’s perfectionism, Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education, 4(2), 217-236.
International conference presentations
Damian, L. E., Negru-Subtirica, O., & Marinica, B. (2020). “The role of parenting behaviors in perceiving parents’ financial qualities: Similarities and differences between mothers and fathers“. Oral presentation accepted at the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood Thematic Conference, Milan, Italy, 27-29 May 2020. (postponed event)
Domocus, I., Damian L. E., & Benga, O. “The role of perfectionism in shaping adolescents’ perceptions of family acceptance“. Poster presentation accepted at the 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Rhodes, Greece, 21-25 June 2020.
Friedlmeier M., Poredos M., Negru-Subtirica O., & Damian L. E. “The financial socialization model: A comparative study of American and Romanian college students”. Oral presentation accepted at the 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Rhodes, Greece, 21-25 June 2020.
Vois, D., Damian L. E., & Negru-Subtirica, O. “Perfectionism, affect, emotion regulation, and coping in adolescents: A short prospective study”. Poster presentation accepted at the 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Rhodes, Greece, 21-25 June 2020.
Damian, L. E. & Negru-Subtirica, O. (2019). “Financial relationship with parents is not just financial: The role of parenting behaviors“. Oral presentation at the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA) 9th Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 10-12 October 2019.
Damian, L. E., Negru-Subtirica, O., & Friedlmeier, M. (2018). Building a strong financial identity in emerging adulthood: A parental socialization perspective. Oral presentation at the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA) Thematic Conference: Self and Identity in Emerging Adulthood, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 17-19 May 2018.
Damian, L. E., Negru-Subtirica, O., Stoeber, J., & Pop, E. I. (2018). Perceptions of parents’ behaviours and the development of adolescents’ perfectionism: A four wave study. Oral presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Gold Coast, Australia, 15-19 July 2018.
Damian, L. E., Negru-Subtirica, O., Stoeber, J., &. Pop, E. I. (2018). Parental responsiveness and autonomy support as protective factors in decreasing adolescents’ perfectionistic concerns and self-presentation. Oral presentation at the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Conference, Ghent, Belgium, 12-15 September 2018.
Pop, E. I., Negru-Subtirica, O., Stoeber, J., & Damian, L. E. (2018). Career concern and confidence in adolescence: The longitudinal role of self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism. Oral presentation at the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Conference, Ghent, Belgium, 12-15 September 2018.
Other Dissemination Activities
Damian, L. E., & Benga, O. (2019). Effects of parenting perfectionism. Paper presented as part of the research visit at McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; 18-25 September 2019), professor Richard Koestner.
Damian, L. E., & Benga, O. (2019). Effects of parenting perfectionism. Paper presented as part of the research visit at York University (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 25 September-9 October 2019), professor Gordon Flett.
Project Report