Award Date
1-1-2004
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Committee Member
Mark R. Floyd
Number of Pages
58
Abstract
This study tests a new measure of inadequacy and assesses its reliability and validity on a sample of 227 college students. The Inadequacy Scale (INAD) was compared to 2 measures of perfectionism: the Frost-Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (F-MPS) and the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R). The INAD showed equivalent or greater correlations with measures of depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and stress as compared to the full-scale measures of the F-MPS and the APS-R, as well as the subsets of their maladaptive components. The INAD was also more highly predictive of depression, anxiety, and stress (and equivalent to the F-MPS on self-esteem) than the maladaptive portions of either the F-MPS or the APS-R. Limitations of this exploratory study and plans for future research are discussed.
Keywords
Component; Inadequacy; Perfectionism; Psychopathological; Scale; Validation
Controlled Subject
Clinical psychology; Personality
File Format
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1392.64 KB
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Park, Brandon S, "Inadequacy, the psychopathological component of perfectionism: Validation of the Inadequacy Scale" (2004). UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations. 1652.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25669/fo8r-1254
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