Perfectionistic self-presentation in children and adolescents: development and validation of the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale--Junior Form
| Autor: | Gordon L. Flett, Paul L. Hewitt, Jonathan S. Blasberg, Michael Papsdorf, Simon B. Sherry, Carmen Caelian, Susan A. J. Birch, Avi Besser, Tracy G. Cassels |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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050103 clinical psychology Psychometrics Adolescent Personality Inventory media_common.quotation_subject Self-concept 050109 social psychology Test validity medicine.disease_cause Developmental psychology medicine Personality Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Big Five personality traits Child media_common Psychiatric Status Rating Scales 05 social sciences Age Factors Reproducibility of Results Perfectionism (psychology) Differential item functioning Self Concept Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Anxiety Female medicine.symptom Psychology Factor Analysis Statistical |
| Zdroj: | Psychological assessment. 23(1) |
| ISSN: | 1939-134X |
| Popis: | Research on adults indicates that perfectionistic self-presentation, the interpersonal expression of one's perfection, is associated with a variety of psychopathological outcomes independent of trait perfectionism and Big Five traits. The current article reports on the development and evidence for the validity of the subtest score interpretations of an 18-item self-report measure of perfectionistic self-presentation for children and adolescents. Analyses conducted on data from two clinical samples and one nonclinical sample of children and adolescents found that the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale--Junior Form (PSPS-Jr) reflected a multidimensional model of perfectionistic self-presentation with three subscales: Perfectionistic Self Promotion, Nondisplay of Imperfection, and Nondisclosure of Imperfection. The subscale scores were found to demonstrate internal consistency, and there was good evidence supporting the validity of the interpretation of subscale scores based on this new measure. The subscales were associated with maladaptive outcomes, but were not influenced unduly by biases that included social desirability and differential item functioning by gender. Overall, the PSPS-Jr appears to be a useful measure of the expression of perfection among youths and an important tool in attempting to understand the nature and the consequences of perfectionistic self-presentation in children and adolescents. |
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