The Revised Almost Perfect Scale

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Construct validity of the Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form among psychotherapy clients (2016, background): “Regarding Hypothesis 3, consistent with expectations, SCS-SF total scores were significantly related to APS-R scores on Discrepancy (r = −.64, p .001), as were scores on Self Disparagement (r = .67, p .001) and Self Care (r = −.33, p .001).”
The Misunderstood Schema of the Strong Black Woman: Exploring Its Mental Health Consequences and Coping Responses Among African American Women (2020, methodology): “The 12-item Discrepancy subscale from the Almost Perfect Scale–Revised (APS-R; Slaney et al., 2001) was administered to assess MP.”
Perfectionism, self-efficacy and OCB: the moderating role of gender (2012, background): “Research suggests that perfectionism can best be construed as two chiefly independent dimensions that differentiate between positive and negative aspects of the construct (Slaney et al., 2001; Stumpf and Parker, 2000).”
Multidimensional perfectionism turns 30: A review of known knowns and known unknowns. (2021, background): “Several descriptive models of perfectionism are prominent (e.g., Dunkley et al., 2003; Slaney et al., 2001), with the most detailed being Hewitt et al.’s (2017) Comprehensive Model of Perfectionistic Behavior (CMPB).”