Shows which sides of perfectionism are strongest in you: fear of mistakes, high standards, doubts, parents' expectations or love of order. It is not a diagnosis.
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What it measures
The Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS) by Frost, Marten, Lahart and Rosenblate (1990) measures perfectionism in six parts: Concern over Mistakes, Personal Standards, Parental Expectations, Parental Criticism, Doubts about Actions and Organization. Each statement scores 1 to 5, none is reversed, and each part is the average of its statements, from 1 to 5. There is no overall total here: the authors leave Organization out of their total, and the parts describe different things.
This is not a diagnosis
Perfectionism is not a disorder, and high standards are not always a problem. The authors give no cut-offs, so we do not call any score high or low.
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Source: Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS): Frost R. O., Marten P., Lahart C., Rosenblate R., 1990, The dimensions of perfectionism, Cognitive Therapy and Research 14(5), 449-468, DOI 10.1007/BF01172967. Scoring key: Stoeber J., 1998, The Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale revisited: More perfect with four (instead of six) dimensions, Personality and Individual Differences 24(4), 481-491, DOI 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00207-9.
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