ALMOST PERFECT SCALE - VALIDITY OF A PERFECTIONISM SCALE ON A ROMANIAN UNIVERSITY SAMPLE.

The aim of the study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised. We used both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis in order to study the construct validity of the scale. The participants were undergraduate psychology students. The reliability estimates for the three APS-R subscale scores showed a good internal consistency. The exploratory factor analysis confirmed a two-factor structure. Using the confirmatory factor analysis, the two factor model approached an acceptable fit. Correlations between APS-R subscales and grade-point average and other perfectionism measures provided convergent and divergent validity support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]