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Chan, David W. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2009
This study investigated the dimensionality and typology of perfectionism based on the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale with a sample of 380 Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong. Confirmatory factor analyses supported a five-dimensional model that includes constructs of personal standards, parental expectations, parental criticism,…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Academically Gifted, Classification, Factor Analysis
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Harvey, Bronwyn; Pallant, Julie; Harvey, David – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2004
The purpose of the study was to investigate whether the six-factor structure of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale could be replicated in a community-based sample. A sample of 255 adult participants (55.7% female, 44.3% male) ranging in age from 18 to 78 (mean = 37.0) completed the questionnaire. Based on the screen test and parallel…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Personality Measures
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Hawkins, Colleen C.; Watt, Helen M. G.; Sinclair, Kenneth E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
The psychometric properties of the Frost, Marten, Lahart, and Rosenblate Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (1990) are investigated to determine its usefulness as a measurement of perfectionism with Australian secondary school girls and to find empirical support for the existence of both healthy and unhealthy types of perfectionist students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Multidimensional Scaling, Secondary School Students