perfectionism develops more easily in families with extremely critical parents and that an authoritarian parenting style may lead children to adopt a perfectionist orientation during the course of their lives. However, it is still not clear whether parenting styles are directly linked to the development of adaptive or maladaptive perfectionism facets. . . . Although progress has been made regarding the empirical support for the role of parents in the development of adolescents and children’s adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism, research is still relatively scarce and inconclusive.”[15]
