Document Type : Research

Authors

• Esmaiel soleimani ¹
• hanie pakravan ²

¹ urmia university

² Department of Psychology, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

Abstract

object: The purpose of this research was to validate and standardize the academic perfectionism scale.
Materials and methods: The present research method was descriptive and validation type. The statistical population of the research included all the students of Urmia University in 1402, of which 338 were selected through available sampling. Data were collected online. The tools used were academic perfectionism scale and multidimensional perfectionism scale (MPS), self-criticism scale (LOSC) and positive and negative perfectionism scale (PANP). Pearson's correlation test, confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha coefficient were used for data analysis. Data were also analyzed by SPSS-23 and Amos software.
Findings: The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the academic perfectionism scale with 27 items has 4 factors and the reliability of the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.88. The results of the convergent validity study showed that there is a significant correlation between academic academic perfectionism scale (CAPS) and multidimensional perfectionism scale (MPS), self-criticism scale (LOSC) and positive and negative perfectionism scale (PANP).
Conclusion: According to the findings of this research, academic perfectionism scale has good psychometric properties and it can be used as a suitable tool to investigate academic perfectionism. This tool has good validity and reliability.

Keywords

• academic perfectionism
• norm seeking
• perfectionism
• self-criticism

Main Subjects

• Normalization questionnaires and tools school learning