Perfectionism and Millon Basic Personality Patterns
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 63 (3) , 791-794
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1988.63.3.791
Abstract
The major purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the relation between perfectionism and Millon's basic personality patterns. The subjects were 91 clients (60 women and 31 men) at two midwestern university counseling services ( ns = 38 and 24) and a private-practice office ( n = 29). The subjects completed the Millon inventory and two perfectionism scales in one session. Scores on perfectionism were most strongly related to the passive-aggressive, avoidant, schizoid, and dependent scores. Also, there was a significant negative relation between perfectionism and the compulsive pattern. It was suggested that the present study be replicated with the Millon-II and that the differences between perfectionism and compulsiveness be explored further.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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