title: [Development and validation of the Childhood Perfectionism Inventory (I.P.I.)].
abstract: There are a few studies linking children's perfectionism with diverse internalized or externalized disorders. Likewise, in Spanish, there is no scale that measures the diverse aspects that comprise it. This paper presents the Children's Perfectionism Inventory (IPI). The sample comprised 2,260 participants (51.2% males and 48.8% females). The age range is between 8 and 13 years (mean= 9.94 and SD= 1.27). Sampling was stratified and random. Of the sample, 78.1% are from public education and 21.9% from private education. 16.2% reside in rural areas and 83.8% in urban areas. To study the validity of the questionnaire, cross-validation was performed. Initially three factors were obtained through exploratory factor analysis: Self-assessment, Self-imposed and External Pressures, with adequate reliability indices (Cronbach's alpha= .89, .87 and .88, respectively). Subsequently, using a confirmatory method, it was found that the three initial factors were explained by a single second-order factor called Perfectionism.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain. luislg@educastur.princast.es
authors.forename: Luis Manuel
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lozano Fernández
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García Cueto
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martín Vázquez
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lozano González
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004522:Educational Status; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010865:Pilot Projects; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012424:Rural Population; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012574:Schools; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population