Srpska verzija skoro perfektne skale za procenu perfekcionizma
The Serbian Version of the Almost Perfect Scale

Summary/Abstract: The basic goal of our current empirical research was the translation and adaptation of the well-known scale for measuring perfectionism: the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R, Slaney, Rice, Mobley, Trippi, & Ashby, 2001) to Serbian language. The Almost Perfect Scale-Revised is one of the most widely used questionnaire for the assessment of this complex personality trait. According to Slaney and his colleagues, perfectionism has two sub-types: the adaptive form of perfectionism and the maladaptive form of perfectionism. In the APS-R these opposite types of this personality trait are operationalized through two sub scales of adaptive (high standards and order) and one dimension of maladaptive (discrepancy) perfectionism. In our study we used the bidirectional translation technique to ensure the precision and reliability of the newly created Serbian version of the scale. The additional aims and objectives of this study were to examine the factor structure of the translated questionnaire and to determine the reliability of the sub-scales of the APS-R. To check the factor structure of the instrument we applied the method of exploratory factor analysis. We relied on the techniques of parallel analysis and the Hull procedure. Our results successfully replicated the original factor structure of the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised obtained by the authors. The psychometric analysis showed that all of the sub-scales of the Serbian version of the APS-R are highly reliable. In the Discussion section of our study, we provided a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the characteristics of adaptive and maladaptive perfectionists. We also described the best known and researched correlates of the sub-types of perfectionism: depression, anxiety, academic success and the basic personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, etc.). In our conclusions we have suggested some possible future improvements of the Serbian version of the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised.

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