ERIC Number: EJ778515
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1073-1911
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Perfectionism and the Five-Factor Model of Personality
Rice, Kenneth G.; Ashby, Jeffrey S.; Slaney, Robert B.
Assessment, v14 n4 p385-398 2007
In this study of the discriminant, convergent, and incremental validity of the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R), university students completed the APS-R, additional measures of perfectionism, the NEO Five-Factor Inventory-Form S, and measures of self-esteem and depression. The results revealed expected significant, but not completely overlapping, associations between the APS-R Discrepancy subscale scores and the Five-Factor Model of Personality (FFM) dimension of Neuroticism, and between the APS-R High Standards and Order subscales and the FFM dimension of Conscientiousness. The incremental validity of APS-R scores over FFM dimensions was supported in analyses of self-esteem but not depression. The implications of these findings for further psychometric and clinical studies of perfectionism and facets of FFM dimensions are discussed. (Contains 7 tables.)
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Validity, Personality, Psychometrics, Depression (Psychology), Factor Structure, College Students, Self Esteem, Neurosis, Personality Measures
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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