title: Complexities of measuring perfectionism: three popular perfectionism measures and their relations with eating disturbances and health behaviors in a female college student sample.
abstract: The present study investigated the relationships between three popular measures of perfectionism [the Eating Disorders Inventory - Perfectionism scale (EDI-P), the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS), and the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS)] and measures of eating disturbances and health behaviors, in a sample of 248 female college students. Results indicated that the adaptiveness or maladaptiveness of certain perfectionism dimensions should still be questioned. Also, self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism (from the MPS) were consistently found to be the most important predictors of both eating disturbances and health behaviors. Surprisingly, scores on the EDI-P were not found to be significant predictors of eating disturbances when FMPS and MPS scores were included in regression analyses. Implications of the present findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States. changec@umich.edu
authors.forename: Edward C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ivezaj
authors.forename: Christina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Downey
authors.forename: Yuri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kashima
authors.forename: Aviva R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Morady
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities