Schuler's Perfectionism Scale Test - the question form

1. My parents have always had very high expectations of me.

2. It is very important to me to be organized.

3. I was punished for not doing things well enough (e.g., poor school performance, not completing household chores, etc.).

4. If I do not set high standards for myself, I will end up being a second-rate person.

5. When I made a mistake, my parents never tried to understand me in that situation.

6. It is very important to me to achieve a high standard in everything I do.

7. I am neat and tidy (in my clothing and appearance, and in keeping my home and workspace in order).

8. I try to be an organized person.

9. If I fail in my studies (for example, I am expelled or do not obtain a higher education) or at work (for example, I do not find a good job with career advancement and a high salary), it means I will not be successful as a person.

10. When I fail at something, I always feel very upset.

11. My parents want(ed) me to be the best at everything.

12. I set higher life goals than most people.

13. If someone at work or at university does a task better than I do, I feel incapable.

14. If something goes partly wrong, I react as if nothing is going well at all.

15. In my family, only outstanding results are recognized as success.

16. I am very good at focusing my efforts to achieve a set goal.

17. Even when I do something very carefully, I feel that I am not trying hard enough.

18. I hate being unsuccessful at anything.

19. I set very high goals in life.

20. My parents expect(ed) me to be perfect.

21. If I make a mistake, people think less of me.

22. No matter how hard I tried, I never felt I lived up to my parents' expectations.

23. If I do not do something as well as others, I feel like an inferior person.

24. I feel that other people set lower standards for themselves than I do.

25. If I am not successful in everything, people will stop respecting me.

26. My parents have always expected more of me than I expected of myself.

27. I try to be a neat, tidy person.

28. I usually do even the simplest everyday tasks so thoroughly that, while doing them, I doubt how best to do them.

29. Neatness, cleanliness, and being well-groomed are very important to me.

30. I expect higher performance from myself in everyday life than most people expect of themselves.

31. I am an organized person.

32. I usually finish my work last because, in trying to do it well, I redo the same thing many times.

33. I usually try so hard to do things well that I spend a great deal of time on them.

34. The fewer mistakes I make, the better people treat me.

35. I have never felt that I met my parents' standards.