title: Psychometric properties of the multidimensional perfectionism scale of Hewitt in a dutch-speaking sample: associations with the big five personality traits.
abstract: We administered the Dutch Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale of Hewitt and Flett (1991, 2004) in a large student sample (N = 959) and performed a confirmatory factor analysis to test the factorial structure proposed by the original authors. The existence of a method factor referring to the negatively keyed items in the questionnaire was investigated by including it in the tested models. Next, we investigated how the 3 perfectionism dimensions are associated with the Five-factor model (FFM) of personality. The 3-factor structure originally observed by the authors was confirmed, at least when a method factor that refers to the negatively keyed items was included in the model. Self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism were both distinguished by low extraversion and low emotional stability. Self-oriented perfectionism's positive relationship with both conscientiousness and openness to experience differentiated the 2 perfectionism dimensions from each other. Other-oriented perfectionism was not well-characterized by the Big Five personality traits.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , University of Leuven , Belgium.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: De Cuyper
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Claes
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pieters
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smits
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult