Hill, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6370-8901, Kim, Hyunsik, Ashdown-Franks, Garcia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5032-0171 and Pratt, Verity B. (2025) An umbrella review of a decade of meta-analyses examining the correlates of multidimensional perfectionism. Canadian Psychology. (In Press)

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Abstract

The last decade has seen the proliferation of meta-analyses dedicated to perfectionism. Due to the volume of meta-analyses available, some stocktaking is now needed to catalogue existing meta-analytical research, assess the qualities of the work, and direct future research. To fulfil these aims, we conducted the first umbrella review of research examining the correlates of perfectionism. Following a pre-registered protocol, a systematic search provided 43 metaanalyses (79 criterion variables, 379 effects, k = 3,992, N = 694,422). The meta-analyses examined a range of criterion variables covering, primarily, mental health and wellbeing, but also included motivation and performance both across and within cross specific domains (e.g., education, workplace, and sport). Perfectionistic concerns were consistently related to mental ill-health and ill-being. Perfectionistic strivings displayed a similar pattern of relationships but were smaller in size. As a result, overall, perfectionism was also related to mental ill-health and ill-being. The typical risk of bias evident in the meta-analyses were assessed as high with consistent areas of weakness relating to the absence of unpublished research and lack of assessment of methodological quality of primary studies. Some degree of confidence in the findings of the affected research is diminished in these regards. In addition to addressing these issues in future work, to strengthen current evidence, researchers are encouraged to address more complex questions by applying meta-analytic techniques more routinely to the prediction of change over time, incremental predictive ability, and tests of explanatory models.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the CPA journal. It is not the copy of record. © 2025 Canadian Psychological Association.
Status:	In Press
School/Department:	School of Science, Technology and Health
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/12182

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