Preparing a scale of perfectionism among students of Al-Hamdania University

The present research aims to set a scale of perfectionism traits for the Al-Hamdaniyah University students. Perfectionism traits are defined as one of the most common social values in industrial societies, and they are one of the personal traits characterized by the pursuit of flawless achievement and setting high standards of performance accompanied by a tendency to critically evaluate their behavior. Despite having had a scale of perfectionism traits to measure the perfectionistic traits, the researcher set a scale by depending on the original form of the scale. The construction sample amounted to (400) male and female students from the scientific and human departments (computer, history, business administration, accounting, English, mathematics, physics, and educational and psychological sciences). A foreign scale prepared by (Frost 1990) was relied upon, and the researcher translated the scale as it was translated by Ibrahim Salem, one of the translators accredited by the Iraqi Translators Association. Face validity was measured, as Shuaib Saeed Al-Fahadi re-translated the scale and the agreement between the two translations was calculated, and the researcher depended on the final form consisting of four areas (concern about errors - expectations and parental criticism - organization - personal standards), and the number of items was (35).Face validity of the scale was measured by presenting it to a group of (20) experts in education and psychology. Some items were modified, and the percentage of agreement was 80%.The researcher also calculated the differential power of the scale items, as the scale was applied to (400) male and female students, and 27% of the upper grades and 27% of the lower scores were taken, and excellence was calculated using the T-test for two independent samples, and (3) items were deleted (15-16-33), as the t-value of these items was not statistically significant, and thus the number of items became (32). The researcher calculated the stability by re-test method. The internal consistency was calculated between the degree of the items, the total degree and the degree of the items with the degree of range. It was found that the value of the stability coefficient was (0.82) and the stability was calculated using the Facronbach which is equal to (0.83). Its worth noting that the answer alternatives are five (strongly agree - agree - somewhat agree - disagree - strongly disagree) and the degrees of the alternatives are (5-4-3-2-1), and thus the highest degree is (160) and the lowest degree is (32) with an average of a hypothetical value of (96), and thus the scale is ready for application.The researcher also made a number of recommendations and suggestions:1. The researcher recommends university counselors to use the scale to determine the perfectionistic traits of the university students.2. The researcher suggests conducting a study to measure the perfectionistic traits and their relationship to other variables.