Perfecting Ourselves To Death :

By:

"Winter, Richard"

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: "Downers Grove, Ill. :"Description: 203 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

830832599

Subject(s):

PERFECTIONISM (PERSONALITY TRAIT) -- RELIGIOUS ASPECTS - CHRISTIANITY;EXCELLENCE -- RELIGIOUS ASPECTS -- CHRISTIANITY

Summary: "Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-198) and indexes. The seductive sirens of perfectionism -- The pursuit of excellence : healthy or unhealthy perfectionism? -- Types of perfectionism -- Depression, anger and eating disorders -- Worry, anxiety and obsessions -- The thought patterns of perfectionism -- Genes and temperament -- Shame and guilt -- Parental influences -- The pressures of culture and media -- Anal fixations and other weird and wonderful ideas -- Perfectionism and pride : the road to hell ... or heaven? -- Learning to live with imperfection : strategies for change -- The search for identity and purpose -- Toward maturity : the healthy pursuit of excellence and perfection -- Appendix: Perfectionism in history and religion."

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY	BV 4597.58.P47W56 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16724

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"Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-198) and indexes. The seductive sirens of perfectionism -- The pursuit of excellence : healthy or unhealthy perfectionism? -- Types of perfectionism -- Depression, anger and eating disorders -- Worry, anxiety and obsessions -- The thought patterns of perfectionism -- Genes and temperament -- Shame and guilt -- Parental influences -- The pressures of culture and media -- Anal fixations and other weird and wonderful ideas -- Perfectionism and pride : the road to hell ... or heaven? -- Learning to live with imperfection : strategies for change -- The search for identity and purpose -- Toward maturity : the healthy pursuit of excellence and perfection -- Appendix: Perfectionism in history and religion."