A psychometric analysis of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale in a sample of New Zealand adolescents

Increasingly, anecdote and research have suggested a high rate of perfectionism among adolescents. The authors of the most common measure used in perfectionism research, the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, have proposed that perfectionism comprises six subcomponents, however this has been the subject of debate in regard to adolescent populations. Our study examined the psychometric properties of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale in a sample of 930 New Zealand adolescents. Broadly consistent with our hypotheses, and SUHYLRXV UHVHDUFK WKH UHVXOWV VKRZHG WKDW )URVW DQG FROOHDJXHV¶ RULJLQDO VL[-factor structure did not provide a good fit to the adolescent sample. Instead, exploratory factor analyses reveals a four- IDFWRU VROXWLRQ UHIOHFWLQJ &RQFHUQV DQG 'RXEWV 3DUHQWDO 3HUFHSWLRQV 3HUVRQDO 6WDQGDUGV¶ DQG µ2UJDQLVDWLRQ )XUWKHU DQDO\VHV SURYLGHV VXSSRUW IRU WZR VHFRQG-order factors representing Positive anG 1HJDWLYH SHUIHFWLRQLVP 2YHUDOO GHVSLWH GLIIHULQJ IURP )URVW DQG FROOHDJXHV¶ RULJLQDO six-factor conceptualisation, the four first-order components conform to the two hypothesized second-order components.