2008/07/31 by Kenneth T. Wang, Mantak Yuen, Robert B. Slaney · 1 citation
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies #Work-Family Balance Challenges #Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes #Loneliness #Psychology #Life satisfaction #Perfectionism (psychology) #Clinical psychology #Depression (economics) #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.1177/0011000008315975
openalex publication_date 2008/07/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/05
This study investigates the cross-cultural construct validity of perfectionism using the Chinese translation of the Almost Perfect Scale—Revised (APS-R; Slaney, Mobley, Trippi, Ashby, & Johnson, 1996) with 509 Chinese high school students from Hong Kong. The factor structure of the Chinese APS-R and correlations between the APS-R subscales and measures of Depression, Satisfaction with Life, and Loneliness are examined. Participants are grouped into three clusters—adaptive and maladaptive perfectionists and nonperfectionists. A comparison of group means revealed that adaptive perfectionists reported higher Satisfaction with Life scores and lower Depression scores than the other two groups. This sample of Chinese students also reported higher Discrepancy scores compared to U.S. students' scores in previous studies. Similarities and differences in comparison to previous studies using U.S. participants are examined. Finally, the limitations of this study and implications for future research with Chinese participants are discussed.