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SOP, SPP, OOP, confirmatory factor analysis, Five Factor Model, Social Sciences, Psychology, Clinical, Psychology, Social, Psychology, BEHAVIORAL-INHIBITION, PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTROL, 5-FACTOR MODEL, DIMENSIONS, DISORDERS, CONSCIENTIOUSNESS, TEMPERAMENT, DEPRESSION, INDEXES, TESTS, Adolescent, Adult, Extraversion, Psychological, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Models, Psychological, Personality, Personality Assessment, Psychometrics, Self Concept, Students, Young Adult, 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, 16 Studies in Human Society, 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Clinical Psychology, 35 Commerce, management, tourism and services, 44 Human society, 52 Psychology

Abstract:

We administered the Dutch Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale of Hewitt and Flett (1991, 2004) in a large student sample (N = 959) and performed a confirmatory factor analysis to test the factorial structure proposed by the original authors. The existence of a method factor referring to the negatively keyed items in the questionnaire was investigated by including it in the tested models. Next, we investigated how the 3 perfectionism dimensions are associated with the Five-factor model (FFM) of personality. The 3-factor structure originally observed by the authors was confirmed, at least when a method factor that refers to the negatively keyed items was included in the model. Self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism were both distinguished by low extraversion and low emotional stability. Self-oriented perfectionism's positive relationship with both conscientiousness and openness to experience differentiated the 2 perfectionism dimensions from each other. Other-oriented perfectionism was not well-characterized by the Big Five personality traits.