Perfectionistic Self-presentation in Chinese College Students and its Relations with Self-esteem
- VernacularTitle:完美主义自我展示量表的修订及其与自尊的关系
- Author:
Yiwen ZHANG
;
Yiqun GAN
;
Xining ZHAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
perfectionism;
self-presentation;
psychometric study;
self-esteem
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
1991;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To examine the applicability of Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale (PSPS) in Chinese college students, and its relationship with self-esteem.Methods: A sample of 187 undergraduates completed the preliminary back-translated Chinese version of PSPS.Another sample of 482 undergraduates completed a battery of structured questionnaires including the final Chinese version of PSPS, Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS) and the Self-Esteem Scale (SES).Reliability and validity of PSPS were analyzed and a hierarchical regression analysis was processed to examine the additional contribution of perfectionistic self-presentation in predicting self-esteem after controlling for perfectionistic traits.Results: All psychometric indices of the revised PSPS were satisfactory (the Cronbach ?index for the three subscales were 0.742, 0.705 and 0.681).The three sub-dimensions, i.e.perfection self-promotion, non-display of perfection and non-disclosure of perfection, all had significant contributions(?F=9.891,P
