The Personal and Interpersonal Components of Perfectionism: The Italian Validation of “Multidimensional Inventory of Perfectionism in Sport”

Alessandra De Maria, Luca Mallia, Caterina Lombardo, Mariacarolina Vacca and Arnaldo Zelli
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Alessandra De Maria: Department of Movement, Human, and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, 00135 Rome, Italy
Luca Mallia: Department of Movement, Human, and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, 00135 Rome, Italy
Caterina Lombardo: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Mariacarolina Vacca: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Arnaldo Zelli: Department of Movement, Human, and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, 00135 Rome, Italy

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-17

Abstract: The present research focused on the general theme of perfectionism in the sport domain, and it provided the first empirical validation of the original 72-item “Multidimensional Inventory of Perfectionism in Sport” (MIPS) among Italian athletes. The study, specifically, also focused on the relations linking personal and interpersonal components of perfectionism to athletes’ competitive anxiety. The research overall relied on data from 644 Italian sport science students and professional athletes and included both cross-sectional and longitudinal designs. Data analyses primarily focused on structural equation modeling, and the findings overall supported the psychometric and construct validity of the Italian version of the MIPS, also highlighting the key role of the personal components of perfectionism.

Keywords: MIPS; perfectionism; sport competitive anxiety; exploratory structural equation modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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