Cultural Validity of the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised for African American College Students

This study investigated the cross-cultural construct validity of perfectionism using the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R; R. B. Slaney, M. Mobley, J. Trippi, J. S. Ashby, & D. G. Johnson, 1996 ) with 251 African American college students. A LISREL confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) offered s...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology 2005-10, Vol.52 (4), p.629-639
Main Authors: Mobley, Michael, Slaney, Robert B, Rice, Kenneth G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
African American Students
African Americans
Anxiety
Biological and medical sciences
Black American people
Black college students
Black People
Cluster analysis
College Students
Construct Validity
Correlation
Cross Cultural Differences
Cultural Differences
Cultural Relevance
Depression
Depression (Psychology)
Factor Analysis
Female
Grade Point Average
Human
Major Depression
Male
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Perfectionism
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Self Esteem
Self image
Selfesteem
Statistical Validity
Techniques and methods
Test Validity
Trait Anxiety
Undergraduate students
Validity
White Students
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Summary:This study investigated the cross-cultural construct validity of perfectionism using the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R; R. B. Slaney, M. Mobley, J. Trippi, J. S. Ashby, & D. G. Johnson, 1996 ) with 251 African American college students. A LISREL confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) offered support for the 3 subscales of the APS-R: High Standards, Order, and Discrepancy. Multigroup CFA results for a sample of 314 White college students supported factorial equivalence across the 2 cultural groups. Correlations between the subscales of the APS-R and measures of self-esteem, self-reported grade point average (GPA), satisfaction with GPA, trait anxiety, and depression were consistent with the results of previous research. A cluster analysis was performed on the APS-R; the cluster results were similar to those found in previous studies. Finally, the limitations of the present study and the implications for future research with African Americans are discussed.
ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/0022-0167.52.4.629