Developmental pathways of perfectionism: Associations with bullying perpetration, peer victimization, and narcissism

Although socially prescribed perfectionism has been associated with psychosocial difficulties, its longitudinal associations with adolescent bullying perpetration, peer victimization, and narcissism remain unknown. We examined these links in a sample of 577 adolescents assessed annually on six occasions (Grades 7–12; mean age 13.02 (SD = 0.38) in Grade 7) using autoregressive cross-lagged path analyses. Results indicated that socially …