The Psychometric Properties of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale – Brief

Previous psychometric analyses of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale and the abbreviated version (FMPS–Brief) have resulted in inconsistent findings regarding the scale’s bidimensionality or unidimensionality. Different studies evaluating the scale with different statistical analyses and...

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Published inFrontiers in psychology Vol. 11; p. 1860
Main Authors Woodfin, Vivian, Binder, Per-Einar, Molde, Helge
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Frontiers Media S.A 07.08.2020
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bifactor modeling
evaluative concerns
FMPS-B
perfectionism
Psychology
strivings
validation
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Summary:Previous psychometric analyses of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale and the abbreviated version (FMPS–Brief) have resulted in inconsistent findings regarding the scale’s bidimensionality or unidimensionality. Different studies evaluating the scale with different statistical analyses and comparative samples report different results and recommendations. This study assessed the FMPS-B’s psychometric properties by conducting both confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and pure bifactor modeling in order to address previous findings and guide future use of the scale. The results indicate that the two-factor model is the best fit. Going forward, the FMPS-B’s subfactors “strivings” and “evaluative concerns” may be studied separately. Implications for future research and challenges in bifactor modeling are discussed.
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Edited by: Amitai Abramovitch, Texas State University, United States
Reviewed by: Randy O. Frost, Smith College, United States; Jonathan S. Abramowitz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
This article was submitted to Psychopathology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01860