Danielle S Molnar
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 769896 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Danielle S Molnar |
| NOMBRES | Danielle S |
| APELLIDO | Molnar |
| FIRMA | MOLNAR D S |
| AFILIACIONES | Brock University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9963-2339 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Teachers’ Strategies for Supporting Perfectionistic Students
Understanding and managing perfectionistic behaviours in students is a critical challenge for teachers. Consequently, this qualitative study sought to assess the strategies that elementary and secondary teachers in Ontario, Canada use to respond to perfectionism in their classrooms. Open-ended survey responses from 197 teachers (83.25% female, M age = 40.21, SD = 9.00; 66.50% elementary teachers) and semi-structured interviews with a subsample of…
Is the developmental pathway to perfectionism paved by childhood adversity
Under Pressure
Perfectionism among students is recognized as a factor that has complex associations with academic performance and well-being. Yet, we know little about how teachers perceive and make sense of it. Consequently, this qualitative study explored teachers’ perspectives on student perfectionism in classroom contexts. A sample of teachers ( n = 26; 84% female) completed semistructured interviews that revealed that teachers are commonly confronted with …
Perfect image, depressed mood
The Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model (PSDM) contends that perfectionism predicts psychopathology via social disconnection and has received support in adult and adolescent samples. However, little is known about the role of online connection. Consequently, this work tested whether online social connection and in-person social support uniquely mediate the relation between perfectionistic self-presentation and depressive symptoms among adole…
Finding the right balance
Perfect fronts, fragile bonds
Although theory links perfectionism and negative social outcomes, little is known about their longitudinal associations in adolescence. As such, prospective, reciprocal associations between perfectionistic self-presentation and peer experiences were tested among a community sample of adolescents ( M age = 17.79, SD = 1.29; 72.38 % girls) via a random intercept cross-lagged panel model with four timepoints. Results demonstrated that, on average, a…
Automatic Self Recriminations
This article introduces a measure of self-condemnatory internal dialogue as an element of the relationship with the self: The Automatic Self-Recrimination Scale (ASRS). Using the construct validation approach to test construction, we describe the initial development of items and report on findings from a clinical and nonclinical sample showing the ASRS is best understood as a multidimensional measure of self-critical internal dialogue composed of…
Simply the best? Bridging perfectionism in psychology and girlhood studies
Perfectionism has been a popular topic of interest in psychological research over the last three decades, with research focusing on youth emerging in the early 2000s. However, the term 'perfectionism' is rarely used outside of a psychological framework. Despite lexical differences, girlhood studies researchers have employed a sociocultural lens to study 'supergirls': teenage girls who strive to have it all, at all costs. Although these literature…
With texting, I am always second guessing myself”
Little is known about how perfectionistic adolescents experience social connection in online spaces. The current qualitative study addressed this gap by examining themes related to social (dis)connection in online and in-person settings from semistructured interviews with 43 adolescents ( M age = 15.16, SD = 2.43; 62.8% female; 58.1% white; 54.4% self-identified perfectionists). Results demonstrated that perfectionists expressed feeling less conn…
Dynamic changes in perfectionism dimensions and psychological distress among adolescents assessed before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
This prospective longitudinal study evaluated changes in psychological distress among adolescents, pre-pandemic to intra-pandemic, the extent to which within-person and between-person differences in trait multidimensional perfectionism were associated with such changes, and the role of stress in explaining associations between perfectionism and psychological distress. Adolescents (N = 187; 80% female; 78% White, 7% Asian Canadian, 2% Indigenous P…
Challenges and coping with Covid-19
Emerging adulthood (spanning ages 18–25 years old) is a critical time of developmental transition. Although the COVID-19 pandemic led to multiple disruptions in the lives of emerging adults (EAs), little research examined the impacts from the perspectives of both EAs and their parents, who were spending increasing amounts of time together, particularly during the early pandemic stages. From May to July 2020, we interviewed 27 EAs and 12 mothers w…
Perfectionism and Perceived Control in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms
The effect of prenatal adversity on externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a high‐risk sample
The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of maternal sensitivity on the association between prenatal adversity and externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a diverse, high‐risk sample. We hypothesized that among children with higher prenatal adversity, high maternal sensitivity would serve as a protective factor. Participants were 247 primarily low‐income, diverse dyads. Results indicated a significant interaction effect…
Perfectionistic strivings and concerns are differentially associated with self-rated health beyond negative affect
When and why is religious attendance associated with antigay bias and gay rights opposition? A justification-suppression model approach
Even in relatively tolerant countries, antigay bias remains socially divisive, despite being widely viewed as violating social norms of tolerance. From a Justification-Suppression Model (JSM) framework, social norms may generally suppress antigay bias in tolerant countries, yet be "released" by religious justifications among those who resist gay rights progress. Across large, nationally representative US samples (Study 1) and international sample…
Projecting perfection by hiding effort
Extensive research has illustrated the relevance of individual differences in perfectionistic self-presentation, but there has been little work on how perfectionistic self-presentation is expressed. The current research addressed this issue by examining the tendency to project a perfectionistic image by hiding effort. This research develops and evaluates a brief unifactorial measure as an extension of perfectionistic self-presentation. It is show…
Self-Compassion, Stress, and Coping in the Context of Chronic Illness
A recent review suggested that self-compassion promotes use of adaptive rather than maladaptive coping. Less is known about how self-compassion is linked to stress and coping in the context of a chronic stressor. Across two primarily female chronic illness samples, inflammatory bowel disease (N = 155) and arthritis (N = 164), a model linking self-compassion to lower stress through coping styles and coping efficacy was tested. Path analyses reveal…
Future orientation and health quality of life in primary care
Investigating a four-pathway model of adult attachment orientation and health
We tested a model, derived from attachment theory, linking adult attachment orientation to health through four hypothesized intervening paths: affect, stress, social support, and health-risk behavior. Questionnaires were administered to 623 university students and 219 addiction treatment clients. In both samples, attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety dimensions were indirectly, rather than directly, related to lower subjective ratings of he…
"Sleepiness" is serious in adolescence
Sleep deprivation and excessive daytime sleepiness were common in two samples of Ontario high school students and were associated with a decrease in academic achievement and extracurricular activity. There is a need to increase awareness of this problem in the education and health communities and to translate knowledge already available to strategies to address it
A mediated model of perfectionism, affect, and physical health
When and why is religious attendance associated with antigay bias and gay rights opposition? A justification-suppression model approach
Even in relatively tolerant countries, antigay bias remains socially divisive, despite being widely viewed as violating social norms of tolerance. From a Justification-Suppression Model (JSM) framework, social norms may generally suppress antigay bias in tolerant countries, yet be "released" by religious justifications among those who resist gay rights progress. Across large, nationally representative US samples (Study 1) and international sample…
A mediated model of perfectionism, affect, and physical health
With texting, I am always second guessing myself”
Little is known about how perfectionistic adolescents experience social connection in online spaces. The current qualitative study addressed this gap by examining themes related to social (dis)connection in online and in-person settings from semistructured interviews with 43 adolescents ( M age = 15.16, SD = 2.43; 62.8% female; 58.1% white; 54.4% self-identified perfectionists). Results demonstrated that perfectionists expressed feeling less conn…
The effect of prenatal adversity on externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a high‐risk sample
The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of maternal sensitivity on the association between prenatal adversity and externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a diverse, high‐risk sample. We hypothesized that among children with higher prenatal adversity, high maternal sensitivity would serve as a protective factor. Participants were 247 primarily low‐income, diverse dyads. Results indicated a significant interaction effect…
Investigating a four-pathway model of adult attachment orientation and health
We tested a model, derived from attachment theory, linking adult attachment orientation to health through four hypothesized intervening paths: affect, stress, social support, and health-risk behavior. Questionnaires were administered to 623 university students and 219 addiction treatment clients. In both samples, attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety dimensions were indirectly, rather than directly, related to lower subjective ratings of he…
Simply the best? Bridging perfectionism in psychology and girlhood studies
Perfectionism has been a popular topic of interest in psychological research over the last three decades, with research focusing on youth emerging in the early 2000s. However, the term 'perfectionism' is rarely used outside of a psychological framework. Despite lexical differences, girlhood studies researchers have employed a sociocultural lens to study 'supergirls': teenage girls who strive to have it all, at all costs. Although these literature…
Challenges and coping with Covid-19
Emerging adulthood (spanning ages 18–25 years old) is a critical time of developmental transition. Although the COVID-19 pandemic led to multiple disruptions in the lives of emerging adults (EAs), little research examined the impacts from the perspectives of both EAs and their parents, who were spending increasing amounts of time together, particularly during the early pandemic stages. From May to July 2020, we interviewed 27 EAs and 12 mothers w…
"Sleepiness" is serious in adolescence
Sleep deprivation and excessive daytime sleepiness were common in two samples of Ontario high school students and were associated with a decrease in academic achievement and extracurricular activity. There is a need to increase awareness of this problem in the education and health communities and to translate knowledge already available to strategies to address it
A mediated model of perfectionism, affect, and physical health
Investigating a four-pathway model of adult attachment orientation and health
We tested a model, derived from attachment theory, linking adult attachment orientation to health through four hypothesized intervening paths: affect, stress, social support, and health-risk behavior. Questionnaires were administered to 623 university students and 219 addiction treatment clients. In both samples, attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety dimensions were indirectly, rather than directly, related to lower subjective ratings of he…
Future orientation and health quality of life in primary care
Self-Compassion, Stress, and Coping in the Context of Chronic Illness
A recent review suggested that self-compassion promotes use of adaptive rather than maladaptive coping. Less is known about how self-compassion is linked to stress and coping in the context of a chronic stressor. Across two primarily female chronic illness samples, inflammatory bowel disease (N = 155) and arthritis (N = 164), a model linking self-compassion to lower stress through coping styles and coping efficacy was tested. Path analyses reveal…
Projecting perfection by hiding effort
Extensive research has illustrated the relevance of individual differences in perfectionistic self-presentation, but there has been little work on how perfectionistic self-presentation is expressed. The current research addressed this issue by examining the tendency to project a perfectionistic image by hiding effort. This research develops and evaluates a brief unifactorial measure as an extension of perfectionistic self-presentation. It is show…
Perfectionistic strivings and concerns are differentially associated with self-rated health beyond negative affect
When and why is religious attendance associated with antigay bias and gay rights opposition? A justification-suppression model approach
Even in relatively tolerant countries, antigay bias remains socially divisive, despite being widely viewed as violating social norms of tolerance. From a Justification-Suppression Model (JSM) framework, social norms may generally suppress antigay bias in tolerant countries, yet be "released" by religious justifications among those who resist gay rights progress. Across large, nationally representative US samples (Study 1) and international sample…
Perfectionism and Perceived Control in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms
The effect of prenatal adversity on externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a high‐risk sample
The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of maternal sensitivity on the association between prenatal adversity and externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a diverse, high‐risk sample. We hypothesized that among children with higher prenatal adversity, high maternal sensitivity would serve as a protective factor. Participants were 247 primarily low‐income, diverse dyads. Results indicated a significant interaction effect…
Dynamic changes in perfectionism dimensions and psychological distress among adolescents assessed before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
This prospective longitudinal study evaluated changes in psychological distress among adolescents, pre-pandemic to intra-pandemic, the extent to which within-person and between-person differences in trait multidimensional perfectionism were associated with such changes, and the role of stress in explaining associations between perfectionism and psychological distress. Adolescents (N = 187; 80% female; 78% White, 7% Asian Canadian, 2% Indigenous P…
Challenges and coping with Covid-19
Emerging adulthood (spanning ages 18–25 years old) is a critical time of developmental transition. Although the COVID-19 pandemic led to multiple disruptions in the lives of emerging adults (EAs), little research examined the impacts from the perspectives of both EAs and their parents, who were spending increasing amounts of time together, particularly during the early pandemic stages. From May to July 2020, we interviewed 27 EAs and 12 mothers w…
Automatic Self Recriminations
This article introduces a measure of self-condemnatory internal dialogue as an element of the relationship with the self: The Automatic Self-Recrimination Scale (ASRS). Using the construct validation approach to test construction, we describe the initial development of items and report on findings from a clinical and nonclinical sample showing the ASRS is best understood as a multidimensional measure of self-critical internal dialogue composed of…
Simply the best? Bridging perfectionism in psychology and girlhood studies
Perfectionism has been a popular topic of interest in psychological research over the last three decades, with research focusing on youth emerging in the early 2000s. However, the term 'perfectionism' is rarely used outside of a psychological framework. Despite lexical differences, girlhood studies researchers have employed a sociocultural lens to study 'supergirls': teenage girls who strive to have it all, at all costs. Although these literature…
With texting, I am always second guessing myself”
Little is known about how perfectionistic adolescents experience social connection in online spaces. The current qualitative study addressed this gap by examining themes related to social (dis)connection in online and in-person settings from semistructured interviews with 43 adolescents ( M age = 15.16, SD = 2.43; 62.8% female; 58.1% white; 54.4% self-identified perfectionists). Results demonstrated that perfectionists expressed feeling less conn…
Perfect image, depressed mood
The Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model (PSDM) contends that perfectionism predicts psychopathology via social disconnection and has received support in adult and adolescent samples. However, little is known about the role of online connection. Consequently, this work tested whether online social connection and in-person social support uniquely mediate the relation between perfectionistic self-presentation and depressive symptoms among adole…
Finding the right balance
Perfect fronts, fragile bonds
Although theory links perfectionism and negative social outcomes, little is known about their longitudinal associations in adolescence. As such, prospective, reciprocal associations between perfectionistic self-presentation and peer experiences were tested among a community sample of adolescents ( M age = 17.79, SD = 1.29; 72.38 % girls) via a random intercept cross-lagged panel model with four timepoints. Results demonstrated that, on average, a…
Teachers’ Strategies for Supporting Perfectionistic Students
Understanding and managing perfectionistic behaviours in students is a critical challenge for teachers. Consequently, this qualitative study sought to assess the strategies that elementary and secondary teachers in Ontario, Canada use to respond to perfectionism in their classrooms. Open-ended survey responses from 197 teachers (83.25% female, M age = 40.21, SD = 9.00; 66.50% elementary teachers) and semi-structured interviews with a subsample of…
Is the developmental pathway to perfectionism paved by childhood adversity
Under Pressure
Perfectionism among students is recognized as a factor that has complex associations with academic performance and well-being. Yet, we know little about how teachers perceive and make sense of it. Consequently, this qualitative study explored teachers’ perspectives on student perfectionism in classroom contexts. A sample of teachers ( n = 26; 84% female) completed semistructured interviews that revealed that teachers are commonly confronted with …
Psychology (17 obras) · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies (13 obras) · Clinical Psychology (11 obras) · Developmental psychology (10 obras) · Social Psychology (10 obras) · Social Psychology (8 obras) · Medicine (7 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (5 obras) · Perfectionism (psychology (5 obras)