Closes 31 December 2026
Are You Your Own Harshest Critic?
We're looking for Australian adults to take part in a study on perfectionism, self-compassion, and wellbeing.
Self-compassion involves responding to personal difficulties, mistakes and feelings of inadequacy with kindness, understanding and a balanced perspective rather than harsh self-criticism.
The study contains 61 survey items, including demographic questions, as well as brief eligibility and consent questions.
Understanding whether self-compassion changes how self-critical perfectionism is associated with flourishing and psychological distress may help clarify how people can experience positive mental health despite being highly self-critical.
The findings may also inform future wellbeing and psychological support approaches.
This research is being run by Neelam Hussein, a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) student at ACAP University College, supervised by Dr Daniel du Plooy. We're exploring how self-critical perfectionism, self-compassion, flourishing, and psychological distress relate in Australian adults.
Who can participate?
You can take part if you:
✓ are 18 or older
✓ live in Australia
✓ can read and understand English well enough, by self-assessment, to complete the survey in English
✓don't personally know either researcher
What's involved?
An anonymous online survey (about 20–30 minutes) with some questionnaires and a few demographic questions.
Questions?
Contact Neelam ([email protected]) or Dr Daniel du Plooy ([email protected]).
Start the survey