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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Hewitt & Flett Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-13 (H&F-MPS13)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

M.J. Soares ,
C. Marques ,
A.T. Pereira ,
A.I. Araújo ,
N. Madeira ,
V. Nogueira  and
A. Macedo
M.J. Soares
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine- University of Coimbra, Department of Psychological Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal
A.T. Pereira
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine- University of Coimbra, Department of Psychological Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal
A.I. Araújo
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine- University of Coimbra, Department of Psychological Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal
N. Madeira
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine- University of Coimbra, Department of Psychological Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal
V. Nogueira
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine- University of Coimbra, Department of Psychological Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal
A. Macedo
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine- University of Coimbra, Department of Psychological Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal

Abstract

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Introduction

H&F Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale is a widely used measure of perfectionism developed to measure Self-oriented perfectionism (SOP), Socially-prescribed perfectionism (SPP) and Other-oriented perfectionism (OOP) dimensions. The original scale comprises 45-likert items. We have previously developed a short version of The H&F-MPS, with 13 items, showing adequate validity in a sample of university students, using principal component analyses method with factors varimax rotation.

Objective

To examine the factor structure of the H&F-MPS13 with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), using a different sample of Portuguese university students.

Methods

The sample comprises 245 university students (68.9% females), with a mean age of 20.95 years (SD= 2.19; range= 17–33) who completed the H&F-MPS13. CFA was used to test the model suggested by prior exploratory factor analyses of H&F-MPS13.

Results

After correlated errors, we obtained a good fit for the second-order factor (X2/d= 2.577; CFI= 0.928; GFI= 0.915, RMSEA= 0.080; P[rmsea ≤ 0.05] = 0.001). The H&F-MPS13 showed acceptable internal consistency (α= 0.77) and the three dimensions presented Cronbach's alphas ranging between acceptable and good (α OOP = 0.67; SPP = 0.73; SOP = 0.89).

Conclusions

The H&F-MPS13 obtained through CFA is a reliable and valid measure to assess perfectionism in Portuguese university students.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Walk: Personality and Personality Disorders
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S257
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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