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Structure of Perfectionism and Relation to Career Indecision

abstract: ABSTRACT Perfectionism has been conceptualized as a relatively stable, independent, multidimensional personality construct in research during the last two decades. Despite general agreement that perfectionism is dimensional in nature, analyses using these instruments vacillate between a dimensional approach and a categorical approach (Broman-Fulks, Hill, & Green, 2008; Stoeber & Otto, 2006). The goal of the current study was two-fold. One aim was to examine the structural nature of two commonly used measures of perfectionism, the APS-R and the HFMPS. Latent class and factor analyses were conducted to determine the dimensions and categories that underlie the items of these two instruments. A second aim was to determine whether perfectionism classes or perfectionism factors better predicted 4 criterion variables of career indecision. Results lent evidence to the claim that both the APS-R and HFMPS are best used as dimensional, rather than categorical instruments. From a substantive perspective, results indicated that both positive and negative aspects of perfectionism successfully predicted career indecision factors. The study concludes with a discussion of limitations, and implications for future research and counseling individuals with career indecision concerns. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Counseling Psychology 2013

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:18814
Date January 2013
ContributorsRohlfing, Jessica Elizabeth (Author), Tracey, Terence J. G. (Advisor), Green, Samuel (Committee member), Kinnier, Richard T. (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Dissertation
Format148 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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