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Perfectionism and the Five-Factor Model of Personality

Kenneth G. Rice

University of Florida, kgr1{at}ufl.edu.

Jeffrey S. Ashby

Georgia State University

Robert B. Slaney

Pennsylvania State University

In this study of the discriminant, convergent, and incremental validity of the Almost Perfect Scale—Revised (APS-R), university students completed the APS-R, additional measures of perfectionism, the NEO Five-Factor Inventory—Form S, and measures of self-esteem and depression. The results revealed expected significant, but not completely overlapping, associations between the APS-R Discrepancy subscale scores and the Five-Factor Model of Personality (FFM) dimension of Neuroticism, and between the APS-R High Standards and Order subscales and the FFM dimension of Conscientiousness. The incremental validity of APS-R scores over FFM dimensions was supported in analyses of self-esteem but not depression. The implications of these findings for further psychometric and clinical studies of perfectionism and facets of FFM dimensions are discussed.

Key Words: perfectionism • personality • assessment • neuroticism • conscientiousness

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Assessment, Vol. 14, No. 4, 385-398 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1073191107303217
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