h of this article would be the way in which it identified, step by step, how perfectionism can actually be linked to developing depression. It showed both actual investigative evidence and detailed reports of real-life evidence of the role of intense perfectionism in suicidal behavior. However, a weakness of the article is the attempt to discuss and cover too many topics in one article, with not all of the information being necessary to the goal of the article.This article covers topics that can be analyzed in many different ways through different approaches. In addressing the idea of parental involvement in the later development of problems with perfectionism, the article can be classified in the field of developmental psychology. It studies the factors, such as nonapproving or inconsistently approving parents, or overly controlling and critical parents, that may contribute to the development of a problem with perfectionism as an adult. This problem may then lead to depression, which is the main focus of the article, and the purpose in describing this transition in detail. The main focus of the article, dealing mostly with the topic of perfectionism and depression, can be classified as an issue within personality psychology. This field focuses on accounting for differences in characteristics of personalities and individual behavioral differences. The article, in addressing the problems of perfectionism, is focusing attention on personality characteristics and the ways in which it affects behavior. It discusses the development of perfectionism and its implications for the individual. Different types of perfectionism are mentioned, such as self-oriented perfectionism, which has many psychological disturbances associated with it, such as eating disorders, depression and suicide. Another type of perfectionism mentioned was the socially prescribed perfectionism, which is the belief that others hold unrealistic and exaggerated exp...
