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Objective: Characterized by setting high standards for performance, perfectionism is a transdiagnostic process implicated in the development and maintenance of psychopathology. In contrast, cognitive flexibility is associated with enhanced mental health. Yet, the relationship between perfectionism and cognitive flexibility is understudied. We examined the relationship between perfectionism and cognitive flexibility, and whether emotion regulation strategies moderated the association between them. Method: Adult participants (N = 486) were recruited online and completed questionnaires on perfectionism, emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility. Results: Perfectionism negatively correlated with one of the two aspects of cognitive flexibility assessed. Reappraisal, but not suppression, moderated the relationship between perfectionism and flexibility. Conclusions: Results indicate that perfectionism is associated with inflexible appraisal of everyday challenges. Additionally, cognitive reappraisal attenuates the negative relationship between perfectionism and cognitive flexibility; except in individuals with high narcissistic perfectionism for whom the debilitating relationship between the two variables is enhanced by reappraisal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article cites a study that investigated the effects of feedback information in work situations with schizophrenics and used feedback methods that are feasible in these settings. Researchers study 60 schizophrenics at Vermont State Hospital who were participating in a rehabilitation-training program. Results of the study revealed that the feedback information facilitated the acquisition of performance accuracy for schizophrenics as a group, but the optimal amount of feedback differed between the paranoid and non-paranoid patients. Researchers also stated that increase in the speed of performance was a function of the diagnostic category and retention of speed was dependent on the chronicity status of patients.