People with severe alcoholism are more likely to suffered from a self-oriented and socially oriented form of perfectionism. They had more pronounced symptoms of depression and personal anxiety.
“Alcoholism is associated with unrealistic personal standards and hypersensitivity to other people’s expectations, even excluding depression and anxiety,” the authors concluded. Research Society on Alcoholism.
By the way, it turned out that with self-oriented perfectionism, alcoholism is more likely to affect men and people with a high level of education. The scientists also hypothesized that perfectionism can affect the effectiveness of treatment in the direction of decline. Whether this is so, is planned to find out in the next study of the Society.
