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Descriptor English: Perfectionism
Descriptor Spanish: Perfeccionismo
Descriptor perfeccionismo
Scope note: Rasgo de personalidad caracterizado por la aspiración de una persona a la impecabilidad y a la fijación de unos estándares de rendimiento excesivamente altos, acompañado de autoevaluaciones excesivamente críticas y preocupaciones acerca de la evaluación por parte de los demás.
Descriptor Portuguese: Perfeccionismo
Descriptor French: Perfectionnisme
Tree number(s): F01.752.823
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000072639
Scope note: A personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting excessively high performance standards, accompanied by overly critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others' evaluations.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
DeCS ID: 56723
Unique ID: D000072639
NLM Classification: BF 698.35.P47
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Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/08
Revision Date: 2016/07/07
Perfectionism - Preferred
Concept UI M000618613
Scope note A personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting excessively high performance standards, accompanied by overly critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others' evaluations.
Preferred term Perfectionism



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