Josefina Castro1, Araceli Gila, Pilar Gual, Francisca Lahortiga, Begoña Saura, Josep Toro. 1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer), Hospital Clínic Universitari of Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain. jcastro@clinic.ub.es
Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the dimensions of perfectionism in adolescents with anorexia nervosa in comparison with adolescents from the general population and to validate the Spanish versions of two measures of perfectionism. METHODS: The Child and Adolescents Perfectionism Scale (CAPS), the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale (PSPS) scale, the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were administered to a group of 71 anorexia nervosa patients (mean age 15.3 years). Moreover, the CAPS and the PSPS were also administered to 113 adolescents from the general population (mean age 14.6 years). The CAPS and the PSPS were administered again after 1 week in 68 subjects to evaluate test-retest reliability. RESULTS: Both the CAPS and the PSPS demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha for anorexia nervosa patients = .91; Cronbach alpha for general population = .85) and the two scales of the CAPS also had alpha coefficients in excess of .7. One-week test-retest reliability was also adequate (r = .80). Anorexia nervosa patients had higher mean scores in Self-oriented perfectionism (p < .001) and Perfectionistic self-presentation (p < .001) but not in Socially prescribed perfectionism (p = .292). There were significant correlations among perfectionism and the EAT and the BDI. A percentage of anorexia nervosa patients between 39% and 42% obtained a score higher than the mean in the comparison group plus two standard deviations in Self-oriented perfectionism and Perfectionistics self-presentation. CONCLUSIONS: The Spanish version of the CAPS and the PSPS showed good psychometric properties. A percentage of 40% of adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa show high Self-oriented perfectionism and Perfectionistic self-presentation.
PURPOSE: To assess the dimensions of perfectionism in adolescents with anorexia nervosa in comparison with adolescents from the general population and to validate the Spanish versions of two measures of perfectionism. METHODS: The Child and Adolescents Perfectionism Scale (CAPS), the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale (PSPS) scale, the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were administered to a group of 71 anorexia nervosapatients (mean age 15.3 years). Moreover, the CAPS and the PSPS were also administered to 113 adolescents from the general population (mean age 14.6 years). The CAPS and the PSPS were administered again after 1 week in 68 subjects to evaluate test-retest reliability. RESULTS: Both the CAPS and the PSPS demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha for anorexia nervosapatients = .91; Cronbach alpha for general population = .85) and the two scales of the CAPS also had alpha coefficients in excess of .7. One-week test-retest reliability was also adequate (r = .80). Anorexia nervosapatients had higher mean scores in Self-oriented perfectionism (p < .001) and Perfectionistic self-presentation (p < .001) but not in Socially prescribed perfectionism (p = .292). There were significant correlations among perfectionism and the EAT and the BDI. A percentage of anorexia nervosapatients between 39% and 42% obtained a score higher than the mean in the comparison group plus two standard deviations in Self-oriented perfectionism and Perfectionistics self-presentation. CONCLUSIONS: The Spanish version of the CAPS and the PSPS showed good psychometric properties. A percentage of 40% of adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa show high Self-oriented perfectionism and Perfectionistic self-presentation.
Authors: Montserrat Graell; Patricia de Andrés; Ana Rosa Sepúlveda; Alba Moreno; Ángel Villaseñor; Mar Faya; Carmen Martínez-Cantarero; Sonia Gómez-Martínez; Ascensión Marcos; Gonzalo Morandé; Esther Nova Journal: Int J Methods Psychiatr Res Date: 2018-08-21 Impact factor: 4.035