Investigation of Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionism with Turkish Almost Perfect Scale—Revised

Abstract

The present study examined the factor structure of the Turkish Almost Perfect Scale–Revised to identify adaptive and maladaptive perfectionists and non-perfectionists and examined whether the participants ( N = 383) in these groups differed on a measure of psychological distress. A confirmatory factor analysis of the Turkish Almost Perfect Scale–Revised yielded three subscales: High Standards, Order, and Discrepancy. A cluster analysis identified adaptive perfectionists, maladaptive perfectionists, and non-perfectionists and these groups were found to be significantly different from each other on a measure of psychological distress.