Perfectionism and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Rice, Kenneth G.; Leever, Brooke A.; Noggle, Chad A.; Lapsley, Daniel K.
Titel	Perfectionism and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescence
Quelle	In: Psychology in the Schools, 44 (2007) 2, S.139-156 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-3085
DOI	10.1002/pits.20212
Schlagwörter	Early Adolescents; Females; Gender Differences; Factor Structure; Depression (Psychology); Measures (Individuals); Personality Traits; Developmental Stages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Faktorenstruktur; Messdaten; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	The "Adaptive/Maladaptive Perfectionism Scale" (AMPS; K.G. Rice & K.J. Preusser, 2002) was developed on samples of 9- to 11-year-old children. A primary purpose of the current research was to examine whether the AMPS could be useful in studies of adolescents, and in particular, studies of adolescent depression. This study of 145 early adolescents revealed (1) a somewhat different AMPS factor structure than has been evident in studies of younger children; (2) no significant mean differences between boys and girls on perfectionism, although girls were significantly more depressed than boys; (3) a pattern of perfectionism-depression correlations that differed somewhat between boys and girls; and (4) several interactions of different dimensions of perfectionism in accounting for depression. Results are discussed by addressing differences between children and adolescents in school cultures, physical and psychological changes from childhood to adolescence, and the importance of considering the positive as well as the negative aspects of perfectionism among school-age children. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10