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My parents set very high standards for me.
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Organization is very important to me.
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As a child, I was punished for doing things less than perfectly.
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If I do not set the highest standards for myself, I am likely to end up a second-rate person.
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My parents never tried to understand my mistakes.
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It is important to me that I be thoroughly competent in what I do.
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I am a neat person.
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I try to be an organized person.
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If I fail at work/school, I am a failure as a person.
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I should be upset if I make a mistake.
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My parents wanted me to be the best at everything.
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I set higher goals than most people.
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If someone does a task at work/school better than I do, then I feel as if I failed the whole task.
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If I fail partly, it is as bad as being a complete failure.
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Only outstanding performance is good enough in my family.
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I am very good at focusing my efforts on attaining a goal.
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Even when I do something very carefully, I often feel that it is not quite right.
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I hate being less than the best at things.
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I have extremely high goals.
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My parents expect excellence from me.
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People will probably think less of me if I make a mistake.
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I never feel that I can meet my parents' expectations.
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If I do not do as well as other people, it means I am an inferior being.
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Other people seem to accept lower standards from themselves than I do.
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If I do not do well all the time, people will not respect me.
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My parents have always had higher expectations for my future than I have.
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I try to be a neat person.
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I usually have doubts about the simple everyday things that I do.
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Neatness is very important to me.
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I expect higher performance in my daily tasks than most people.
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I am an organized person.
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I tend to get behind in my work because I repeat things over and over.
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It takes me a long time to do something «right».
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The fewer mistakes I make, the more people will like me.
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I never feel that I can meet my parents' standards.