The aim of the research work is to develop scientific and practical recommendations for perfection of scientific-methodic bases of raising attractiveness of Uzbekistan’s investment climate.
The multidimensional nature and the psychological aspects of perfectionism suggest that creativity could be affected by the two sides of perfectionism differently. The purpose of the current study is ...to explore the potential predictive powers of adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism on creativity. The study group consisted of 151 college students attending a university in İstanbul. The APS Perfectionism Scale and The Marmara Creative Thinking Dispositions Scale were administered to the participants as data collection tools. The findings revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between adaptive perfectionism and creativity. On the other hand, the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and creativity as well as the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and adaptive perfectionism is significant and negative. In the regression analysis it was found out that the adaptive perfectionism predicts creativity positively and significantly (ß=.40; p<0.01), while maladaptive perfectionism predicts creativity significantly in a negative way.
Despite the high clinical relevance of the perfectionism construct as a transdiagnostic contributor to different mental health symptoms, and the recent burgeoning of research in this area across ...cultures in the past two decades, the Arab region was one of the cultural settings experiencing the slowest progress in this line of research. This study aimed to make a meaningful contribution to the literature by validating an Arabic-language version of the 16-item Big Three Perfectionism Scale-Short Form (BTPS-SF). In particular, we sought to examine structure and concurrent validity, internal consistency, and measurement invariance across gender groups.
A web-based, convenience sampling method was adopted to collect a sample of Arabic-speaking adults from the general population of Lebanon (N = 515; aged 27.55 ± 10.92 years; 69.9% females). The forward-backward method was applied in translating the Arabic version of the BTPS-SF.
The examination of the internal structure, using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), demonstrated that the three-factor model (i.e., rigid, self-critical, and narcissistic perfectionism) fitted well to the data. All three factors of the Arabic 16-item BTPS-SF yielded excellent reliability estimates, with both Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega ranging from 0.83 to 0.86. Multi-group CFA revealed that fit indices showed no significant difference in model fit at the configural, metric, and scalar levels, thus suggesting that the factor loadings, pattern structure, and item intercepts are invariant across gender groups. Finally, BTPS-SF subscales scores correlated positively with psychological distress (i.e., depression, stress and anxiety), and inversely with subjective well-being, indicating an acceptable concurrent validity.
The present findings allow us to conclude that the Arabic BTPS-SF permits to capture reliably and validly three main factors of perfectionism. We hope that providing this psychometrically sound scale will encourage its large use not only in empirical research, but also in clinical applications, including psychological screening and treatment monitoring.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
HEFAIS, la Haute Ecole de Formation Soudage, est une ecole unique en France, creee par et pour les industriels, comme un element de reponse a la problematique de deficit de soudeurs qualifies pour ...satisfaire les besoins des grands projets industriels d'aujourd'hui et de demain. Fondee par quatre grands industriels implantes dans le Cotentin, en Normandie - EDF, Naval Group, Grano et CMN - HEFAIS est une ecole industrielle de haut niveau dont l'ambition est de former les meilleurs soudeurs et soudeuses de France pour les filieres nucleaire et navale. Soutenue egalement par plusieurs partenaires institutionnels, HEFAIS propose des modalites de formation modernes et innovantes permettant de se former ou se perfectionner au plus pres des conditions reelles. Elle propose des formations d'excellence aussi bien aux salaries d'entreprisequ'aux personnes en recherche d'emploi, debutants ou confirmes, hommes et femmes, de Normandie ou d'ailleurs.
According to the two-factor theory of perfectionism (Stoeber & Otto, 2006), perfectionism comprises two superordinate dimensions—perfectionistic strivings (PS) and perfectionistic concerns (PC)—that ...show different, and often opposite, relations with psychological adjustment and maladjustment, particularly when their overlap is partialled out. Recently, Hill (2014) raised concerns about the interpretation of the relations that PS show after partialling. The present article aims to alleviate these concerns. First, we address the concern that partialling changes the conceptual meaning of PS. Second, we explain how the relations of residual PS (i.e., PS with PC partialled out) differ from those of PS, and how to interpret these differences. In this, we also discuss suppressor effects and how mutual suppression affects the relations of both PS and PC with outcomes. Furthermore, we provide recommendations of how to report and interpret findings of analyses partialling out the effects of PS and PC. We conclude that, if properly understood and reported, there is nothing to be concerned about when partialling PS and PC. On the contrary, partialling is essential if we want to understand the shared, unique, combined, and interactive relations of the different dimensions of perfectionism.
•Hill (2014) recently raised concerns about partialling perfectionism dimensions.•Our review aims to alleviate these concerns.•We present conceptual, empirical, and statistical arguments and examples.•Moreover, we discuss (and explain) mutual suppression effects.•Conclusion: Partialling is important for understanding the “perfectionism puzzle.”
Background
The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Big Three Perfectionism Scale–Short Form (BTPS-SF) using Rasch and Mokken item response theory (IRT) analyses, which have not ...previously been applied to the BTPS-SF.
Materials and methods
A total of 401 Italian workers (
M
age
= 46.78; SD = 10.1; male = 48.9%; female = 51.1%) completed the BTPS-SF questionnaire. We conducted confirmatory factor analyses of the BTPS-SF and IRT analyses using the generalized partial credit model (GPCM) and Mokken scale analysis. Discrimination and difficulty parameters were calculated. The Loevinger coefficient of scalability was computed. Item characteristic curves (ICC), test information function (TIF), and differential item functioning (DIF) for gender were calculated.
Results
A three-factor solution revealed the best fit. Thus, IRT analyses were performed for each BTPS-SF factor: rigid perfectionism (RP), self-critical perfectionism (SP), and narcissistic perfectionism (NP). All the items showed Loevinger coefficients from medium to strong and discrimination parameters from medium to very high. No DIF for gender was found.
Conclusion
The Big BTPS-SF shows good psychometric properties for Italian workers. Future research is warranted to examine the findings in workers from different countries.
Prior research has demonstrated relationships between neuroticism, perfectionism, and social anxiety. This study examined whether trait perfectionism (particularly socially prescribed perfectionism ...SPP) and perfectionistic self-presentation predicted social interaction and evaluation anxiety while controlling for neuroticism. It also explored which neuroticism facets uniquely predicted social anxiety. Participants (N=271) completed self-report measures assessing: social anxiety, trait perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation, and neuroticism.
Most notably, results showed that the self-consciousness, vulnerability, and impulsiveness facets of neuroticism uniquely predicted interaction anxiety. Conversely, the self-consciousness, vulnerability, and anxiety facets uniquely predicted evaluation anxiety. Furthermore, while controlling for neuroticism, both SPP and self-oriented perfectionism uniquely predicted evaluation anxiety. Alternatively, nondisplay and nondisclosure of imperfection (but not trait perfectionism) uniquely predicted interaction anxiety. Overall, these findings demonstrate that neuroticism facets and aspects of perfectionism differentially predict social interaction and evaluation anxiety.
•Neuroticism facets differentially predict social anxiety subtypes.•Self-consciousness, vulnerability, and impulsiveness predict interaction anxiety•Self-consciousness, vulnerability, and anxiety predict evaluation anxiety.•Trait perfectionism predicts evaluation anxiety beyond neuroticism.•Perfectionistic concealment tactics predict interaction anxiety beyond neuroticism.
Study purpose. The aim of this study is to analyse differences in perfectionism and passion and how these variables interact and might be expected to affect performance in U21 and U23 soccer players.
...Materials and methods. A total of 60 healthy semi-professional soccer players (age: 21.57±1.95 years; height: 179.76±5.79 cm) participated in the study. The participants were divided into two equal groups, one with those players younger than 21 years old and the other including players aged 21–23. This study was descriptive with a cross-sectional design and used the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS) and Passion Scale questionnaires.
Results. A paired-samples t-test was used for defining differences as a repeated measures analysis (U21 Group and U23 Group). Additionally, a t-test with data from the FMPS revealed significant differences in perfectionism global score, concern over mistakes, parental expectations, parental criticism, doubts about actions and organization. The participants were shown to be a heterogeneous group in both perfectionism and passion, with moderate perfectionistic characteristics, except for the personal standards subscale, in which the opposite trend was found. According to the outcomes obtained, the U21 group shows significant values in terms of the level of perfectionism.
Conclusions. This research has highlighted the importance of addressing maladaptive perfectionism in interventions and support programs for athletes. Strategies such as promoting a growth mindset, encouraging self-compassion, and fostering a supportive and mastery-oriented environment have been suggested to help athletes manage perfectionistic tendencies and enhance their well-being and performance.
•Perfectionism is comprised of perfectionistic strivings and concerns (PS and PC).•PC are usually maladaptive, whereas PS can be adaptive.•In such cases, questions arise as to the combined effect of ...PS and PC.•What is the combined effect, and is this effect adaptive or maladaptive?•This article provides suggestions of how to address, and answer, these questions.
According to the two-factor model of perfectionism, perfectionism is comprised of two higher-order dimensions—perfectionistic strivings (PS) and perfectionistic concerns (PC)—that typically show different, often opposing relationships with adaptive and maladaptive outcomes. Consequently, if we define perfectionism as the combination of PS and PC, it would be important to know what the “combined effect” of perfectionism is, and whether the combined effect is adaptive or maladaptive. Following the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism (Gaudreau & Thompson, 2010), we define the combined effect of perfectionism as the difference between mixed perfectionism (the combination of high PS and high PC) and non-perfectionism (the combination of low PS and low PC). Applying the regression approach for testing the 2 × 2 model (Gaudreau, 2012), we show how the combined effect may be computed, and then illustrate combined effects for different patterns of correlations of PS, PC, and an outcome Y. In addition, we present examples from the research literature where PS and PC show zero, adaptive, and maladaptive combined effects. We conclude the article by discussing how our concept of a combined effect can be extended to perfectionism models with more than two factors, and also address limitations and open questions.
The prevalence of aggression in adolescents is on the rise, and it could be a serious public health concern. Studies have found positive relationships between perfectionism with anger, aggression, ...and hostility. However, the moderating role of self-compassion in the links between perfectionism with anger, aggression, and hostility has not been studied. To better understand the relationships between the three forms of perfectionism with anger, aggression, and hostility, this study aimed to explore the moderating role of self-compassion. Participants were 380 undergraduates selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling technique from three universities in Iran. Participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale, the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, and the Aggression Questionnaire Scale. The results from structural equation modelling analysis showed that other-oriented perfectionism and socially prescribed perfectionism positively predicted anger, aggression, and hostility. The results showed that self-oriented perfectionism significantly and positively predicted anger and hostility; but there were no observed statistically significant relationships of self-oriented perfectionism with verbal aggression and physical aggression. The findings showed that self-compassion played a moderating role in the relationships between other-oriented perfectionism and socially prescribed perfectionism with anger, aggression, and hostility; however, it did not play a moderating effect on self-oriented perfectionism with anger, aggression, and hostility. The findings provide a deeper understanding of the moderating role of self-compassion in the links between other-oriented perfectionism and socially prescribed perfectionism with anger, aggression, and hostility among undergraduates. The findings of this study could be applicable for psychologists and counselors who deal with aggressive behavior, anger, and hostility in undergraduate students to assess the three forms of perfectionism and self-compassion.
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