The goal of this systematic review was summarized the existing evidence for the relationship between perfectionism and dyadic relationships find the best high-quality studies of perfectionism and dyadic relationships and identify a good and common instrument for evaluation perfectionism in dyadic. Two independent reviewers organized a systematic review of the literature by taking after Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review rules, and inclusion/exclusion criteria from 1995 to 2017. Databases: SCOPUS/ Web of Science/ Google Scholar/ Science Direct / SAGE. After review2307 articles were recognized in the initial search, then 20 articles satisfied criteria for finish assessment. The result showed that a significant relationship between perfectionism and dyadic relationship.The majority of articles (n=13) had a moderate level of acceptance scoring 3 or 4of the 5 factors which were set by authors. Only three articles) got grade 5, they used all 5 factors evaluations. In this review two common and acceptable scales (MPS, APS-R) were identified.
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