Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale I (MPS)

Frost, R. O., Marten, P., Lahart, C., & Rosenblate, R. (1990). The dimensions of perfectionism. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 14(5), 449-468. doi:10.1007/BF01172967

	Table of Contents
	Description
	History of Use
	References

Description:

Purpose		The MPS was designed to assess several dimensions of perfectionism, which is defined as setting "High standards of performance which are accompanied by tendencies for overly-critical evaluations of one's own behavior." Concern with mistakes Doubt about the quality of the individual's own work Excessive concern with parents' expectations and evaluations Concern with "precision, order, and organization"
Questions		35 items using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree."
Sub-scales		6 sub-scales: Concern over mistakes (CM) - 9 items Personal Standards (PS) - 7 items Parental Expectations (PE) - 5 items Parental Criticism (PC) - 4 items Doubts about action (D) - 4 items Organization (O) - 6 items
Domain
Psychometrics
Sample items		If I fail at work/school, I am a failure as a person. (CM) If I do not set the highest standards for myself, I am likely to end up as a second-rate person. (PS) My parents wanted me to be the best at everything. (PE) Even when I do something very carefully, I often feel that it is not quite right. (D) I am a neat person. (O)

References:

Scale:

Frost, R. O., Marten, P., Lahart, C., & Rosenblate, R. (1990). The Dimensions of Perfectionism. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 14(5), 449-468. doi:10.1007/BF01172967

Uses:

Brown, E. J., Heimberg, R. G., Frost, R. O., Makris, G. S., Juster, H. R. & Leung, A. W. (1999). Relationship of perfectionism to affect, expectations, attributions and performance in the classroom. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, (18)1, 98-120. doi: 10.1521/jscp.1999.18.1.98

Halmi, K. A., Sunday, S. R., Strober, M., Kaplan, A., Woodside, D. B., Fichter, M., Treasure, J., Berrettini, W. H., & Kaye, W. H. (2000). Perfectionism in anorexia nervosa: Variation by clinical subtype, obsessionality, and pathological eating behavior. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157(11), 1799-1805.

Page, J., M. A. Bruch, et al. (2008). "Role of perfectionism and Five-Factor model traits in career indecision." Personality and Individual Differences, 45(8), 811-815. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.08.013

Liao, P., Uher, R., Lawrence, N., Treasure, J., Schmidt, U., Campbell, I. C., Collier, D. A. & Tchanturia, K. (2009). An examination of decision making in bulimia nervosa. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 31(4), 455-461. doi: 10.1080/13803390802251378

Patalano, A. L. & LeClair, Z. (2011).The influence of group decision making on indecisiveness-related decisional confidence. Judgment and Decision Making, 6(1), 163-175.

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