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Smith, Martin M.; Sherry, Simon B.; Ray, Cassondra M.; Lee-Baggley, Dayna; Hewitt, Paul L.; Flett, Gordon L. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
The Existential Model of Perfectionism and Depressive Symptoms (EMPDS) is a promising integrative model. According to the EMPDS, self-oriented perfectionism and socially prescribed perfectionism indirectly influence depressive symptoms through rumination and difficulty accepting the past. Yet, the extent to which self-oriented perfectionism,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Depression (Psychology), Predictor Variables, Models
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Flett, Gordon L.; Hewitt, Paul L.; Nepon, Taryn – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
In the current article, we describe the development and validation of a self-report measure of self-generated stress and its associations with measures of perfectionism, self-criticism, and distress. The Self-Generated Stress Scale is a seven-item inventory that taps the tendency to see oneself as someone who generates and adds to existing…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Measures (Individuals), Personality Traits, Self Concept
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Flett, Gordon L.; Nepon, Taryn; Hewitt, Paul L.; Zaki-Azat, Justeena; Rose, Alison L.; Swiderski, Kristina – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
In the current article, we describe the development and validation of the Mistake Rumination Scale as a supplement to existing trait and cognitive measures of perfectionism. The Mistake Rumination Scale is a seven-item inventory that taps the tendency to ruminate about a past personal mistake. Psychometric analyses confirmed that the Mistake…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Cognitive Processes, Test Construction, Cognitive Tests
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Loscalzo, Yura; Rice, Sean P. M.; Giannini, Marco; Rice, Kenneth G. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
This study analyzed the psychometric properties of the Italian translation of both the Short Almost Perfect Scale (SAPS) and the Short Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (SMPS), and the academic implications of perfectionism on 414 Italian college students aged between 18 and 58 years. Results revealed some limitations with the SAPS factor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Achievement, Personality Traits
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Burgess, Alexandra M.; Frost, Randy O.; DiBartolo, Patricia Marten – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
Twenty-five years ago, one of the first empirically validated measures of perfectionism, the Frost et al. Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (F-MPS) was published. Since that time, psychometric studies of the original F-MPS have provided a plethora of evidence to support the potential development of a shorter yet still psychometrically robust…
Descriptors: Validity, Personality Measures, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
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Flett, Gordon L.; Hewitt, Paul L.; Besser, Avi; Su, Chang; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Boucher, Daniel; Munro, Yvette; Davidson, Lisa A.; Gale, Olga – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
There is growing interest in perfectionism among children and adolescents as well as growing interest in the measures designed to assess perfectionism in young people. The current article describes the development and psychometric characteristics of the Child-Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (CAPS), a measure that assesses self-oriented…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Personality Traits, Personality Measures, Stress Variables