01805nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001800118653001000136653001000146653001500156653001500171100002900186700001900215700001900234700002900253245011900282300001000401490000700411520111700418022001401535020001401549       2009                            d  c01/2009bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aPerfectionism10aScale10aadult10aAssessment10aValidation1 aM. A. Rodríguez Campayo1 aL. Rojo Moreno1 aE. Ortega Toro1 aA. R. Sepúlveda García00aValidation of the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale: Assessment of perfectionism in Spanish university students  a13-270 v153 aThis study presents the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS; Hewitt & Flett, 1991) after adapting it to Spanish language. The MPS has 45 items that assess three dimensions of perfectionist behaviour: self-oriented perfectionism, socially prescribed perfectionism and other-oriented perfectionism. The MPS and the EDI perfectionism subscale (Gamer, 1998) were administered to a sample of 356 Spanish university students (18 to 42 years old), and a subgroup (n = 276) completed retest with a 5-week gap. Results replicated the original three factor structure for perfectionism, with acceptable internal consistency, similar to the original study. Convergent validity and temporal stability coefficients were satisfactory. Two perfectionism dimensions were associated with distress, suggesting that other-oriented perfectionism has an adaptive component to it. The Spanish version of the MPS can be regarded as a reliable scale for the assessment of perfectionism among university students. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)  a1134-7937  a2174-0437