Literature Review # 2

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This is Jeffrey Klibert, main contributor to the article at hand.

2. Klibert, Jeffrey, et al. "Resilience Mediates The Relations Between Perfectionism And College Student Distress." Journal Of Counseling & Development 92.1 (2014): 75-82. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 Feb. 2015.

3. This article is reporting on a study on resilience and how the presence or lack of it contributes to a disrupt of college students mental health or the preservation of their mental health. Klibert discusses the unhealthy correlation between perfectionism and distress and how resilience can help to lessen the distress. 413 undergraduate college students from a variety of backgrounds were given a survey worded to determine perfectionism and the levels of distress presumably as a result. The results suggest that resilience eases the distress students under "Socially prescribed perfectionism" but not really the other two. After all of the data and evidence for his claims, this article ends with suggestions for psychologists to use in helping college students struggling with anxiety and depression.

4. Jeffrey Klibert is a professor at Georgia Southern University in the College of Liberal arts and Sciences.  He has a profile on Research Gate which lists 8 of his works. His topics of Psychology are Suicide Prevention and Identity. One of his co-writers on this article is featured in my previous literature review so I'm confident of his competence in this area. http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeffrey_Klibert

5. Key Terms:
a. Self Oriented Perfectionism- Setting high standards for one's self  (75)
b. Other Oriented Perfectionism- Setting others to strict high standards (76)
c. Socially Prescribed Perfectionism- The belief that other's expectations are unnaturally high for one's individual behavior (76)
d. Resilience-"flexible set of attitudes that helps individuals successfully navigate through acute or chronic adversities" (76)

6. Important/ Interesting Quotes
"The inability to achieve balance among these demands often precipitates long-term emotional and behavioral maladjustment" (Gall, Evans, & Bellerose, 2000 p 75)
"Promoting resilience skills that help students navigate challenging achievement-oriented and social tasks may be an important initial step in thwarting the development of perfectionistic, depressive, and anxious traits." (80)
"Enriching interpersonal resources through resilience-building exercises enables clients to engage in positive emotions even in response to stress-generating circumstances" (80)

7. Value of this article?
I expect that this article will have a small but significant role in my project. I really want to tie it together with some of the readings in class, particularly my favorite, "Paying for the Party" by Laura Hamilton and Elizabeth Armstrong. There are a lot of points about how stressful college can be and I think this study on perfectionism and resilience will fit in nicely with the points Armstrong and Hamilton make. Also I like some of the implications for how to maybe combat this "distress: caused by perfectionism which I believe to be worsened by privatization. I want to make a nice big domino effect stemming from Privatization and this article/study is a perfect starting point.