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This is for Kathleen.
"The obsessive-compulsive person is preoccupied with order and strives to be perfect. The high need for order can manifest itself in the person's attention to details, however trivial, and fondness for rules, rituals, schedules and procedures. Such persons may, for example, plan out which clothes they will wear every day of the week or clean their apartments every Saturday and Wednesday from 5 until 7 p.m. People with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder hold very high standards for themselves. [...] The desire for perfection can actually stifle a person's productivity. Another characteristic is a devotion to work at the expense of leisure and friendships. [...] results show that obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is the most common, at just over 4 percent prevalence rate."
Personality Psychology: Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature (second edition) by Larsen and Buss. Chapter 19, Disorders of Personality.
There was more but I decided to leave it at that. Emphases above are not mine, they're in the book. Also, interesting:
"...differing psychological profiles that have been found to exist between mentally healthy, elite athletes and less successful, mentally unhealthy athletes. These distinguishing profiles characterize the basis of the Mental Health Model. It states that elite athletes generally experience greater positive mental health than do their less successful counterparts. According to the Mental Health Model, athletes with greater positive mental health will be more likely to achieve athletic success and advance to or remain at high levels of competition."
Psychological Foundation of Sport by Silva and Stevens. Chater 3, Personality and Sport Performance.
Just thought that could come in handy for you, dear.
"The obsessive-compulsive person is preoccupied with order and strives to be perfect. The high need for order can manifest itself in the person's attention to details, however trivial, and fondness for rules, rituals, schedules and procedures. Such persons may, for example, plan out which clothes they will wear every day of the week or clean their apartments every Saturday and Wednesday from 5 until 7 p.m. People with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder hold very high standards for themselves. [...] The desire for perfection can actually stifle a person's productivity. Another characteristic is a devotion to work at the expense of leisure and friendships. [...] results show that obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is the most common, at just over 4 percent prevalence rate."
Personality Psychology: Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature (second edition) by Larsen and Buss. Chapter 19, Disorders of Personality.
There was more but I decided to leave it at that. Emphases above are not mine, they're in the book. Also, interesting:
"...differing psychological profiles that have been found to exist between mentally healthy, elite athletes and less successful, mentally unhealthy athletes. These distinguishing profiles characterize the basis of the Mental Health Model. It states that elite athletes generally experience greater positive mental health than do their less successful counterparts. According to the Mental Health Model, athletes with greater positive mental health will be more likely to achieve athletic success and advance to or remain at high levels of competition."
Psychological Foundation of Sport by Silva and Stevens. Chater 3, Personality and Sport Performance.
Just thought that could come in handy for you, dear.