Testgüte einer deutschen Version des Mehrdimensionalen Perfektionismus Kognitions-Inventars (MPCI-G)

Abstract

Zusammenfassung. Gegenstand der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Entwicklung einer deutschsprachigen Version des Mehrdimensionalen Perfektionismus Kognitions-Inventars (MPCI-G [G = German]). In einer ersten Studie wurde die faktorielle Validität des MPCI-G überprüft. Auf Basis der Ergebnisse aus Studie 1 wurde der MPCI-G revidiert (MPCI-G-R). In Studie 2 wurden die Reliabilität, faktorielle und Konstruktvalidität des MPCI-G-R untersucht. Die Ergebnisse aus konfirmatorischen Faktorenanalysen, Korrelations- und multiplen Regressionsanalysen sprechen für die Reliabilität, faktorielle und Konstruktvalidität der 3 (korrelierten) Dimensionen perfektionistischer Kognitionen: Personal Standards (PSK), Concern over Mistakes (CMK) und Pursuit of Perfection Kognitionen (PPK). Unter anderem fanden sich differentielle Zusammenhänge der 3 Dimensionen mit dispositionellem Perfektionismus (Perfectionistic Strivings und Concerns), Affekt (schlechte Stimmung und Unruhe), Depressivität und der Zielsetzung für eine bevorstehende Prüfungsphase. Die reliable und valide multidimensionale Erfassung perfektionistischer Kognitionen, die zwischen eher positiven (PSK) und negativen Dimensionen (CMK und PPK) differenziert, stellt eine wertvolle Ergänzung zur Erforschung des dispositionellen Perfektionismus dar, welche das Verständnis dafür fördern kann, wie Dimensionen des dispositionellen Perfektionismus mit psychischem und physischem Wohlbefinden zusammenhängen.

Is it better not to think about it? Effects of positive and negative perfectionistic cognitions when there is increased pressure to perform

“…The significance of the indirect effects was evaluated with bias-corrected bootstrapped confidence intervals based on 10,000 bootstrapped samples (Hayes, 2009). As expected, DPC showed positive total effects on worry and tension and a nega- In sum, and in line with prior evidence, PCC turned out to be an important predictor of perceived stress (Kobori & Tanno, 2005;Prestele & Altstötter-Gleich, 2019b;Stoeber et al, 2010;Stoeber et al, 2014) and an important mediator of the associations between dispositional perfectionism and perceived stress (Macedo et al, 2017). By contrast, PSC showed only unique associations with worry and joy when PCC, DPS and DPC were controlled for in a common path analysis.…”

“…We next computed multilevel path analyses (Preacher, Zhang, & Zyphu, 2011) This mirrors prior evidence from cross-sectional studies that investigated effects of between-person differences in PSC and PCC (Kobori & Tanno, 2005;Prestele & Altstötter-Gleich, 2019b;Stoeber et al, 2010;Stoeber et al, 2014) on the level of daily fluctuations in perfectionistic cognitions and replicates evidence from a prior ambulatory assessment study (Prestele & Altstötter-Gleich, 2019a).…”

“…In addition, given the little research on within-person fluctuations in perfectionistic cognitions (for exceptions in which a unidimensional scale was applied, see Kehayes & Mackinnon, 2019;Mackinnon, Battista, Sherry, & Stewart, 2014), the actual degree of intraindividual fluctuations in PSC and PCC as well as the short-term consequences of such fluctuations on fluctuations in distress are still unclear. Referring to existing evidence from cross-sectional studies (Kobori & Tanno, 2005;Prestele & Altstötter-Gleich, 2019b;Stoeber et al, 2010;Stoeber et al, 2014), a person might be expected to perceive more distress on days with more frequent PCC and less frequent PSC. In a recent study, an increase in PCC across one semester was associated with a worsening of mood (Prestele & Altstötter-Gleich, 2019a).…”

“…Transferring the differentiation between DPS and DPC to the level of perfectionistic cognitions, researchers have differentiated between cognitions that mirror thoughts about the personal relevance of having high standards for oneself (Perfectionistic Strivings Cognitions; PSC) and thoughts about mistakes and their negative consequences (Perfectionistic Concerns Cognitions; PCC). Empirically, this differentiation has been supported by differential associations of PSC and PCC with DPS, DPC and distress (Kobori & Tanno, 2005;Prestele & Altstötter-Gleich, 2019b, Prestele & Altstötter-Gleich, 2019aStoeber et al, 2014, Stoeber et al, 2010: PCC have shown stronger associations with DPC than with DPS and have consistently shown positive associations with distress. By contrast, PSC have shown stronger associations with DPS than with DPC and have usually been found to be unrelated or even negatively related to distress.…”