Conceptions of perfectionism and interpersonal problems: evaluating groups using the structural summary method for circumplex data.

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This study examined two conceptions of perfectionism in relation to interpersonal problems. Two hundred and seventy-nine undergraduate participants completed the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R) and the Dyadic Almost Perfect Scale (DAPS). The authors used empirically derived discriminant functions (APS-R) and cluster analysis (DAPS) to identify three groups for both measures:
adaptive and maladaptive perfectionists and nonperfectionists. Analyses of group profiles were performed on the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Circumplex (IIP-C) scales using the structural summary method for circumplex data. APS-R and DAPS groups were compared on interpersonal problems endorsement and IIP-C profile characteristics. For both measures, results supported the hypotheses that maladaptive perfectionists would exhibit elevated profiles reflecting hostile-dominant and friendly-submissive interpersonal problems, whereas the adaptive perfectionists would exhibit low profile elevation indicative of interpersonal adjustment. Overall, results supported Slaney and colleagues' (2001) model of perfectionism and provided evidence for the validity of the APS-R and DAPS.

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Author/s: Slaney, Robert B (RB); Pincus, Aaron L (AL); Uliaszek, Amanda A (AA); Wang, Kenneth T (KT);

Affiliation: The Pennsylvania State University, USA.

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Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Assessment (Assessment), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 13 (issue 2) : pp 138-53

Dates: Created 2006/05/04; Completed 2006/11/29;

PMID: 16672729, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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