Perfectionism Patterns
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Perfectionism Patterns
See what’s inside your urge to get it right.
- No sign-up, saved on your device
- Short: 12 questions, ~3 min
- Free through the results
What this test shows
- High standards
- Cost of failure
- Procrastination
- Over-checking
Shows how much four patterns show up for you — high standards, taking failure hard, putting things off, and checking again and again — based on your answers.
What this test can’t tell you
It can’t tell whether you have any medical or mental-health condition. It’s a check of behavior patterns, not a diagnosis, and not a substitute for treatment.
While you answer
You can choose “Prefer not to answer” for any question; it is left out of scoring. If you skip every question for a tendency, it shows as “not measured” — never filled in with a midpoint.
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What you get for free
- The whole result, including its range
- One action to try next
- How your last 3 results changed, with your notes
- Your results collected in your guide
You never pay to see a result.
Where the questions come from
Multidimensional perfectionism research (Frost, 1990; Hewitt & Flett, 1991)
Items designed originally by this site (no items from any specific commercial or academic scale are used)
Original questions written by this site with reference to multidimensional perfectionism research. They do not inherit the reliability or validity of any existing scale.
References
- Frost, R. O., Marten, P., Lahart, C., & Rosenblate, R. (1990). The dimensions of perfectionism. doi:10.1007/BF01172967
- Hewitt, P. L., & Flett, G. L. (1991). Perfectionism in the self and social contexts: Conceptualization, assessment, and association with psychopathology. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.60.3.456
