Note: * denotes student
Books
Taylor, S., Sirois, F. M., & Molnar, D. S. (2020). Health Psychology, 5th Edition, Canadian Edition. McGraw-Hill Education.
Taylor, S., Sirois, F. M., & Molnar, D. S. (2017). Health Psychology, 4th Edition, Canadian Edition. McGraw-Hill Education.
Sirois, F. M., & Molnar, D. S. (Eds.) (2016). Perfectionism, Health, and Well-Being. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Contributions to Edited Volumes
Zinga, D., Molnar, D. S., *Blackburn, M., & *Tacuri, N. (2025) “They’re kind of losing it”: Young perfectionists’ mental health experiences during the first COVID-19 lockdown. In C. Dietzel, S. Amiry, & S. Jaffer (Eds.). Surviving and thriving: Promoting health and well-being during and after COVID-19. Peter Lang.
Zinga, D., Molnar, D. S, & Connolly, M. (2024). Through their eyes: A photovoice exploration of competitive dance. In V. Marinos, C. Tardif-Williams, D. Zinga, R. Raby, & S. Pomerantz (Eds). Exploring Agency in Children and Youth: Expressions & Constraints. Athabasca University Press. (1-35)
Shisler, S., Godleski, S. Molnar, D. S., & Eiden, R. (2020) Salivary bioscience research related to prenatal adversity. In M. K. Taylor & D. A. Granger (Eds.), Salivary Bioscience: Foundations of Interdisciplinary Saliva Research and Applications. Springer International.
Molnar, D. S., Sirois, F. M., Flett, G. L., *Janssen, W., & Hewitt, P. L. (2018). Perfectionism and health: The roles of health behaviors and stress-related processes. In J. Stoeber (Ed.), The Psychology of Perfectionism: Theory, Research, Applications. London: Routledge.
Molnar, D. S., Sirois, F. M., & *Methot-Jones, T. (2016). Trying to be perfect in an imperfect world: Examining the role of perfectionism in the context of chronic illness. In F. M Sirois, & D. S. Molnar (Eds.), Perfectionism, Health, and Well-Being (pp. 69-99). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Molnar, D. S. & Sirois, F. M. (2016). Perfectionism, health, & well-being: Epilogue and future directions. In F. M Sirois, & D. S. Molnar (Eds.), Perfectionism, Health, and Well-Being (pp. 285-302). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Flett, G. L., Hewitt, P. L., & Molnar, D. S. (2016). Perfectionism in health and illness from a person-focused, historical perspective. In F. M Sirois, & D. S. Molnar (Eds.), Perfectionism, Health, and Well-Being (pp. 25-44). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Sirois, F. M., & Molnar, D. S. (2016). Conceptualization and measurement of perfectionism, health, and well-being: An introductory overview. In F. M. Sirois, & D. S. Molnar (Eds.), Perfectionism, Health, and Well-Being (pp. 1-21). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
*Blackburn, M., Molnar, D.S., & Zinga, D. (2025). Perfect image, depressed mood: Pathways from perfectionistic self-presentation to depressive symptoms through online and in-person connectedness among Canadian adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35, e70074. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70074
Zinga, D., *Sandlos, L., *Tacuri, N., *Dewar, V., *Hayes, G., & Molnar, D.S. (2025). Finding the right balance: youths’ perspectives on parental involvement in dance. Leisure Studies, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2025.2522419
Hewitt, P. L., Kealy, D., Kristen, A., Smith, M. M., Davidson, E., & Molnar, D.S. (2025). Therapeutic Mentalization in Group Therapy: Development and Preliminary Validation of a Measure of Experienced Mentalization. International journal of group psychotherapy, 1–32. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207284.2025.2497237
*Blackburn, M., *Puffer, H., Molnar, D.S., & Zinga, D. (2025). Perfect fronts, fragile bonds: Prospective associations between perfectionistic self-presentation and peer experiences. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 97, 101769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101769
*Tacuri, N., Zinga, D., & Molnar, D.S. (2025). “Dance isn’t a sport, it’s for girls”: Examining the role of gender in interuniversity sport participation for competitive d ancers. Journal of Dance Education, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15290824.2024.2429504
Green, D. S., Goldstein, A. L., Zhu, J. Y., Hamza, C. A., Scharfe, E., & Molnar, D.S. (2024). Parents’ influences on well-being in emerging adulthood: The role of basic psychological needs. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02912-0
*Blackburn, M., Molnar, D.S., & Zinga, D. (2024). Simply the best? Bridging perfectionism in psychology and girlhood studies. Journal of Youth Studies, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2024.2392197
*Blackburn, M., Zinga, D., & Molnar, D.S. (2024). “With texting, I am always second guessing myself”: Teenage perfectionists’ experiences of (dis)connection online. Developmental Psychology, 60(10), 1902–1914. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001741
*Blackburn, M., *Puffer, H., Molnar, D.S., & Zinga, D. (2024). Raising the bar: Testing prospective reciprocal relationships between multidimensional trait perfectionism and undergraduate academic achievement. Learning and Individual Differences, 109, Article 102405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2023.102405
Hewitt, P. L., Ge, S., Smith, M. M., Flett, G. L., Cheli, S., Molnar, D.S., Ko, A., Mikail, S. F., & Lang, T. (2024). Automatic self-recriminations: Development and validation of a measure of self-condemnatory internal dialogue. Journal of Personality Assessment, 106(5), 638–650. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2024.2303429
Banville, C., Massicotte, V., Caplette-Gingras, A., Langlois, F., Gouin, J.-P., Flett, G., Molnar, D. S., Lemieux, J., & Savard, J. (2024). A qualitative study of perfectionism among self-identified perfectionist women with nonmetastatic breast cancer. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research & Practice, 6, Article e122. https://doi.org/10.1097/OR9.0000000000000122
Goldstein, A. L., Katz, J. L., Shifrin, A., Hamza, C. A., Molnar, D. S., & Scharfe, E. (2023). Challenges and coping with COVID-19: perspectives of emerging adults and their mothers. Journal of Youth Studies, 28(3), 514–532. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2023.2277760
*Tacuri, N., Zinga, D., & Molnar, D.S. (2023). Sport, art, or both?: Analyzing perceptions of competitive dancers as interuniversity artists and athletes. The International Journal of Sport and Society, 14(2), 101-123. doi: https://doi.org/10.18848/2152-7857/CGP/v14i02/101-123
Molnar, D.S., *Blackburn, M., *Tacuri, N., Zinga, D., Flett, G.L., & Hewitt, P.L. (2023). “I need to be perfect or else the world’s gonna end”: A qualitative analysis of adolescent perfectionists’ expression and understanding of their perfectionism. Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne, 64(4), 320–334. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000357
Simon, S. G., Eiden, R. D., Molnar, D. S., Huestis, M. A., & Riis, J. L. (2023). Associations between prenatal and postnatal substance exposure and salivary C-reactive protein in early childhood. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 95, Article 107134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2022.107134
Molnar, D. S., Thai, S., *Blackburn, M., Zinga, D., Flett, G. L., & Hewitt, P. L. (2023). Dynamic changes in perfectionism dimensions and psychological distress among adolescents assessed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Child development, 94(1), 254–271. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13855
*Wong, K. E., Wade, T. J., Moore, J., Marcellus, A., Molnar, D. S., O’Leary, D. D., & MacNeil, A. J. (2022). Examining the relationships between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), cortisol, and inflammation among young adults. Brain, behavior, & immunity – health, 25, 100516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100516
*Spadafora, N., *Blackburn, M., *Methot-Jones, T., Zinga, D., & Molnar, D. S. (2022). How is multidimensional trait perfectionism related to anxiety across time in first-generation secondary students? Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 44(4), 1043–1053. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-022-09972-w
*Blackburn, M., *Methot-Jones, T., Molnar, D. S., Zinga, D., *Spadafora, N., & *Tacuri, N. (2022). Assessing changes to adolescent health-promoting behaviors following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-methods exploration of the role of within-person combinations of trait perfectionism. Personality and Individual Differences, 189, 111492. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111492
Molnar, D. S., *Methot-Jones, T., Moore, J., O’Leary, D. D., & Wade, T. J. (2022). Perfectionistic Cognitions Pre-Pandemic Predict Greater Anxiety Symptoms During the Pandemic Among Emerging Adults: A Two-Wave Cross-Lagged Study. Journal of rational-emotive and cognitive-behavior therapy : RET, 40(3), 474–492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-021-00423-1
*Tacuri, N., Zinga, D., & Molnar, D. S. (2021). Blurring sport boundaries in postsecondary: Examining experiences of dancers as student-athletes. Journal of Dance Education, 24(1), 9–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15290824.2021.1988090
Molnar, D. S., Moore, J., O’Leary, D. D., MacNeil, A. J., & Wade, T. J. (2021). Perfectionistic cognitions, interleukin-6, and C-reactive protein: A test of the perfectionism diathesis stress model. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health, 13, 100211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100211
Molnar, D. S., *Blackburn M., Zinga D., *Spadafora N., Methot-Jones T., & Connolly M. (2021). Trait perfectionism and dance goals among young female dancers: An application of the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 1;43(3), 234-247. doi: 10.1123/jsep.2020-0118.
Molnar, D. S., *Janssen, W.F., & Sirois, F.M. (2020). Sleeping perfectly? Trait perfectionism, perceived stress, and sleep quality. Personality and Individual Differences, 167, 110244. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110244
*Spadafora, N., *Murphy, E., Molnar, D.S., & Zinga, D. (2020). Test anxiety in potential first-generation students: A longitudinal examination of the role of psychological needs Journal of Teaching and Learning, 14, 33-49. doi:10.22329/jtl.v14i2.6202
Molnar, D. S., Flett, G.L., & Hewitt, P.L. (2020). Perfectionism and perceived control in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 19(6), 2204-2218.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00315-y
Schuetze, P., Molnar, D. S., Eiden, R., Shisler, S., Zhao, J., Colder, C., & Huestis, M. (2020). The effect of prenatal adversity on externalizing behaviors at 24- months of age in a high-risk sample: Maternal sensitivity as a moderator. Infant Mental Health Journal, 41, 530-542. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21863
*Spadafora, N., Frijters, J.C., Molnar, D. S., & Volk, A.A. (2020). Do little annoyances relate to bullying? The links between personality, attitudes towards classroom incivility, and bullying. The Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 37(1), 30-38. doi:10.1017/edp.2019.20
Ettekal, I., Eiden, R. D., Nickerson, A. B., Molnar, D. S., & Schuetze, P. (2020). Developmental cascades to children’s conduct problems: The role of prenatal substance use, socioeconomic adversity, maternal depression and sensitivity, and children’s conscience. Development and Psychopathology, 32(1), 85–103. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457941800144X
Molnar, D. S., Sirois, F. M., Flett, G. L., & Sadava, S. (2020). A person-oriented approach to multidimensional perfectionism: Perfectionism profiles in health and well-being. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 38(1), 127–142. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282919877754
Zinga, D., Molnar, D. S., Connolly, M., & *Tacuri, N. (2019). Governed and liberated bodies: Lived experiences of competitive dancers. Special Issue in Journal of Childhood Studies, 44, 106-119.
Wade, T.J., O’Leary, D.D., *Dempster, K.S., MacNeil, A.J., Molnar, D. S., McGrath, J., & Cairney, J. (2019). Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and cardiovascular development from childhood to early adulthood: study protocol of the Niagara Longitudinal Heart Study. BMJ Open, 9(7), e030339.
Sirois, F.M., Nauts, S. & Molnar D. S. (2019). Self-compassion and bedtime procrastination: An affect regulation perspective. Mindfulness,10, 434-445. doi.org/10.1007/s12671-018-0983-3
Molnar, D. S., Granger, D.A., Shisler, S. & Eiden, R.D. (2018). Prenatal and postnatal cigarette and cannabis exposure: Effects on secretory immunoglobulin A in early childhood. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 67, 31-36.
*Hoffarth, M.R., Hodson, G., & Molnar, D. S. (2018). When and why is religious attendance associated with antigay bias and gay rights opposition? A justification-suppression model approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,115, 526-563.
Sirois, F.M., & Molnar, D. S. (2017). Perfectionistic strivings and concerns are differentially associated with self-rated health beyond negative affect. Journal of Research in Personality, 70, 73-83.
Molnar, D. S., Rancourt, D., Schlauch, R., Wen, X., Huestis, M.A., & Eiden, R.D. (2017). Tobacco exposure and conditional weight-for-length-gain by 2 years of age. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 42, 679-688.
Sirois, F.M., Molnar, D. S., & Hirsch, J. (2017). A meta-analytic and conceptual update on the associations between procrastination and perfectionism. European Journal of Personality, 31, 137-159.
Shisler, S., Eiden, R.D., Molnar, D. S., Schuetze, P., Huestis, M., & Homish, G. (2017).
Smoking in pregnancy and fetal growth: The case for more intensive assessment. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 19(5), 525-531. PMID:28403474.
Bartel, S., Sherry, S., Molnar, D. S., Mushquash, A., Leonard, K., Flett, G.L., & Stewart, S. (2017). Do romantic partners influence each other’s heavy episodic drinking? Support for the partner influence hypothesis in a three-year longitudinal study. Addictive Behaviors, 69, 55-58.
