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The scale you completed was the “Frost Multi-Dimensional Perfectionism Scale,”.

The scale is a measure of your tendency to be a perfectionist. Perfectionism, in psychology, is a belief that perfection can and should be attained. In its pathological form, perfectionism is a belief that work or output that is anything less than perfect is unacceptable. At such levels, this is considered an unhealthy belief, and psychologists typically refer to such individuals as maladaptive perfectionists. Perfectionism can lead to procrastination or attention to unecessary tasks. But it can also drive us to high achievement.

The idea behind the scale is that Perfectionism is multi-dimensional and not all forms of perfectionism may have the same psychological effects. For example, some people theorize that it's the discrepancy between what you should do and what your standards are that actually leads to psychological distress. Having high standards by itself, may not be psychologically damaging. Being organized may actually be a plus, as long as they don't lead to doubts about not being organized enough.

Dimensions of perfectionism include "Total Score", "Concern over Mistakes","Doubts about actions","Parental Expectations","Parental Criticism","Personal Standards","Organization".

The graph below shows your perfectionism score, in each dimension, (in green) compared to those of the average person in class (in purple). The scale runs from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest possible score).









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