Perfectionistic Self-Presentation in Children and Adolescents: Development and Validation of the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale--Junior Form

Autor/inn/en	Hewitt, Paul L.; Blasberg, Jonathan S.; Flett, Gordon L.; Besser, Avi; Sherry, Simon B.; Caelian, Carmen; Papsdorf, Michael; Cassels, Tracy G.; Birch, Susan
Titel	Perfectionistic Self-Presentation in Children and Adolescents: Development and Validation of the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale--Junior Form
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 23 (2011) 1, S.125-142 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
DOI	10.1037/a0021147
Schlagwörter	Test Bias; Social Desirability; Test Validity; Adolescents; Measures (Individuals); Children; Test Construction; Psychometrics; Psychological Patterns; Personality Traits; Scores; Gender Differences; Test Items; Anxiety; Psychopathology; Foreign Countries; Canada; Beck Depression Inventory; Childrens Manifest Anxiety Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testkritik; Soziales Bedürfnis; Testvalidität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Messdaten; Child; Kind; Kinder; Testaufbau; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Geschlechterkonflikt; Test content; Testaufgabe; Angst; Psychopathologie; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	Research on adults indicates that perfectionistic self-presentation, the interpersonal expression of one's perfection, is associated with a variety of psychopathological outcomes independent of trait perfectionism and Big Five traits. The current article reports on the development and evidence for the validity of the subtest score interpretations of an 18-item self-report measure of perfectionistic self-presentation for children and adolescents. Analyses conducted on data from two clinical samples and one nonclinical sample of children and adolescents found that the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale-Junior Form (PSPS-Jr) reflected a multidimensional model of perfectionistic self-presentation with three subscales: Perfectionistic Self Promotion, Nondisplay of Imperfection, and Nondisclosure of Imperfection. The subscale scores were found to demonstrate internal consistency, and there was good evidence supporting the validity of the interpretation of subscale scores based on this new measure. The subscales were associated with maladaptive outcomes, but were not influenced unduly by biases that included social desirability and differential item functioning by gender. Overall, the PSPS-Jr appears to be a useful measure of the expression of perfection among youths and an important tool in attempting to understand the nature and the consequences of perfectionistic self-presentation in children and adolescents. (Contains 3 figures, 4 footnotes and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10