The new study suggests millennials are more likely to have unrealistic standards and harsher self-criticism than previous generations.
The Personality and Social Psychology Review says perfectionism increased largely from 1990 to 2015.
“Perfectionism is a serious and even deadly epidemic in modern western societies,” says Dr. Simon Sherry, professor in the department of psychology and neuroscience at Dalhousie University.
In the study was also found that perfectionists tend to become more neurotic and show negative emotions such as guilt, envy, anxiety and less conscientious as time passes.
Sherry adds that parental, socio-cultural factors and the use of social media appears to contribute to the rise in perfectionism in youth.
Nearly 25,000 people between the age of 15 to 49 participated in the large-scale analysis involving 77 studies.
