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99
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37703
World Ranking
652
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science, Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)

Overview

Paul L. Hewitt is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada, contributing extensively to psychological research, particularly within the field of Clinical Psychology. Their research portfolio spans 163 publications primarily focused on psychology, with significant work in subfields such as Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's recent papers include the following:

  • Suicide behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A meta-analysis of 54 studies, 2021, Psychiatry Research
  • Multidimensional perfectionism turns 30: A review of known knowns and known unknowns., 2021, Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne
  • Is perfectionism a vulnerability factor for depressive symptoms, a complication of depressive symptoms, or both? A meta-analytic test of 67 longitudinal studies, 2021, Clinical Psychology Review
  • The destructiveness and public health significance of socially prescribed perfectionism: A review, analysis, and conceptual extension, 2022, Clinical Psychology Review
  • Why does perfectionism confer risk for depressive symptoms? A meta-analytic test of the mediating role of stress and social disconnection, 2020, Journal of Research in Personality

Paul L. Hewitt's work explores main topics including perfectionism, procrastination, and anxiety studies, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, work-family balance challenges, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, personality disorders and psychopathology, and psychotherapy techniques and applications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hewitt include:

  • Gordon L. Flett
  • Martin M. Smith
  • Samuel F. Mikail
  • Sabrina Ge
  • David Kealy

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • The Physics Teacher
  • Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology

Among book publications, Paul L. Hewitt has authored titles under the American Psychological Association, including "Perfectionism in childhood and adolescence: A developmental approach." published in 2022 and "Group psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy." published in 2020.

Paul L. Hewitt was awarded the CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science by the Canadian Psychological Association in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Perfectionism in the self and social contexts: Conceptualization, assessment, and association with psychopathology.

    Paul L. Hewitt;Gordon L. Flett

  • Perfectionism and maladjustment: An overview of theoretical, definitional, and treatment issues.

    Gordon L. Flett;Paul L. Hewitt

  • Dimensions of perfectionism in unipolar depression.

    Paul L. Hewitt;Gordon L. Flett

  • The interpersonal expression of perfection: perfectionistic self-presentation and psychological distress

    Paul L. Hewitt;Gordon L. Flett;Simon B. Sherry;Marie Habke

  • Dimensions of perfectionism, daily stress, and depression: a test of the specific vulnerability hypothesis

    Paul L. Hewitt;Gordon L. Flett

  • Perfectionism : theory, research, and treatment

    Gordon L. Flett;Paul L. Hewitt

  • The multidimensional perfectionism scale : reliability, validity, and psychometric properties in psychiatric samples

    Paul L. Hewitt;Gordon L. Flett;Wendy Turnbull-Donovan;Samuel F. Mikail

  • Perfectionism and Depression: Longitudinal Assessment of a Specific Vulnerability Hypothesis

    Paul L. Hewitt;Gordon L. Flett;Evelyn Ediger

  • Perfectionism in children and their parents: A developmental analysis.

    Gordon L. Flett;Paul L. Hewitt;Joan M. Oliver;Silvana Macdonald

  • Perfectionism traits and perfectionistic self-presentation in eating disorder attitudes, characteristics, and symptoms

    Paul L. Hewitt;Gordon L. Flett;B A Evelyn Ediger

  • The Perceived Stress Scale: Factor structure and relation to depression symptoms in a psychiatric sample

    Paul L. Hewitt;Gordon L. Flett;Shawn W. Mosher

  • Psychological distress and the frequency of perfectionistic thinking

    Gordon L. Flett;Paul L. Hewitt;Kirk R. Blankstein;Lisa Gray

  • The Perils of Perfectionism in Sports and Exercise

    Gordon L. Flett;Paul L. Hewitt

  • Perfectionism and depression: A multidimensional analysis.

    Paul L. Hewitt;Gordon L. Flett

  • COMPONENTS OF PERFECTIONISM AND PROCRASTINATION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS

    Gordon L. Flett;Kirk R. Blankstein;Paul L. Hewitt;Spomenka Koledin

  • Perfectionism and stress processes in psychopathology.

    Paul L. Hewitt;Gordon L. Flett

  • Perfectionism in children: associations with depression, anxiety, and anger

    Paul L Hewitt;Carmen F Caelian;Gordon L Flett;Simon B Sherry

  • Perfectionism and learned resourcefulness in depression and self-esteem

    Gordon L. Flett;Paul L. Hewitt;Kirk R. Blankstein;Sean O'Brien

  • Positive Versus Negative Perfectionism in Psychopathology: A Comment on Slade and Owens's Dual Process Model.

    Gordon L. Flett;Paul L. Hewitt

  • Self-oriented perfectionism, neuroticism and anxiety

    Gordon L. Flett;Paul L. Hewitt;Dennis G. Dyck

  • Inhibited expression of negative emotions and interpersonal orientation in anorexia nervosa.

    Josie Geller;Sarah J. Cockell;Sarah J. Cockell;Paul L. Hewitt;Elliot M. Goldner;Elliot M. Goldner

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon L. Flett
Gordon L. Flett York University
Avi Besser
Avi Besser Hadassah Academic College
Kirk R. Blankstein
Kirk R. Blankstein University of Toronto
Giorgio A. Tasca
Giorgio A. Tasca University of Ottawa
Wolfgang Linden
Wolfgang Linden University of British Columbia
Giulia Fioravanti
Giulia Fioravanti University of Florence
Silvia Casale
Silvia Casale University of Florence
G. Ron Norton
G. Ron Norton University of Winnipeg
Abby L. Goldstein
Abby L. Goldstein University of Toronto
Christine Wekerle
Christine Wekerle McMaster University

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