Brooding About Mistakes and Being Imperfect, Perfectionistic Self-Presentation, and Distress: A Further Examination of the Mistake Rumination Scale in University Students

Gordon L. Flett, Taryn Nepon, Paul L. Hewitt, Department of Psychology, York University, Faculty of Kinesiology , Physical Education, University of Toronto, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Published online on April 21, 2026

Abstract

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The current study extended previous work by further examining the psychometric properties of the Mistake Rumination Scale and its associations with depression and evaluative fears, as well as the cognitive experience of perfectionism and procrastination. ...