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. 2020 Aug 27;21:100342. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2020.100342

Table 2.

Outline of the overcoming perfectionism intervention.

Module Outline
  • 1.

    Defining perfectionism and identifying maintaining factors

  • 1.

    Welcome

  • 2.

    Quick quiz

  • 3.

    Unhelpful perfectionism

  • 4.

    Negative impacts

  • 5.

    Maintaining factors

  • 6.

    Next steps

  • 2.

    Individualised formation of perfectionism

  • 1.

    Welcome back

  • 2.

    The first steps

  • 3.

    Examples

  • 4.

    My perfectionism cycle

  • 5.

    Next steps

  • 3.

    Enhancing motivation to change

  • 1.

    Welcome back

  • 2.

    Preparing for change

  • 3.

    Confidence in your ability

  • 4.

    Getting started

  • 5.

    Perfectionism behaviours

  • 6.

    Next steps

  • 4.

    Psychoeducation, self-monitoring, and surveys

  • 1.

    Welcome back

  • 2.

    Fact or fiction

  • 3.

    Facts about perfectionism and performance

  • 4.

    Fact or fiction quiz

  • 5.

    Surveys

  • 6.

    Next steps

  • 5.

    Behavioural experiments and challenging dichotomous thinking

  • 1.

    Welcome back

  • 2.

    Behavioural experiments

  • 3.

    Different behavioural experiments

  • 4.

    All or nothing thinking

  • 5.

    Continuum

  • 6.

    Rules break, guidelines bend

  • 7.

    Acceptance

  • 8.

    Next steps

  • 6.

    Challenging unhelpful thinking styles

  • 1.

    Welcome back

  • 2.

    Noticing the negatives

  • 3.

    Broaden your attention

  • 4.

    Ignoring the positives

  • 5.

    Changing thinking styles

  • 6.

    Morgan's cake

  • 7.

    Next steps

  • 7.

    Procrastination, time management, and pleasant events

  • 1.

    Welcome back

  • 2.

    Procrastination

  • 3.

    Procrastination and perfectionism

  • 4.

    Behavioural experiments

  • 5.

    Breaking the task down

  • 6.

    Problem solving

  • 7.

    Pleasant events

  • 8.

    Next steps

  • 8.

    Self-criticism versus self-compassion, self-evaluation, and relapse prevention

  • 1.

    Welcome back

  • 2.

    Self-critical voice

  • 3.

    Identify the critical voice

  • 4.

    Identify the kind voice

  • 5.

    How to react

  • 6.

    Rethinking

  • 7.

    Rethinking II

  • 8.

    Freedom

  • 9.

    Next steps