The 12 item big three perfectionism scale for adolescents
Abstract The present study developed a 12 item Big Three Perfectionism Scale (BTPS 12) among 468 adolescents. The tri angle translation approach was used to obtain the Chinese version and avoid semantic understanding differences bought by different languages. Both theory and data driven (e.g. exploratory structural equation modeling) approaches were employed to construct the short form. The same three global factor structure was established. Pearson correlation coefficients between the original version and the short form, as well as their associations with negative emotion symptoms and flourishing indicated criterion related validities. Comparable explained variances in mental health outcomes were also identified using hierarchical regressions between the original version and the short form.