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Perfecting ourselves to death : the pursuit of excellence and the perils of perfectionism / Richard Winter. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)2005.Description: 203 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780830832590
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV4597.W786.P474 2005
  • BV4597
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Contents:
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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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BV4597.58.P47W56 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001119508

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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