MULTI-RESOLUTION WAVELET ANALYSES OF TWO DIFFERENT PERFECTIONISM SCALES: A UNIVERSITY SAMPLE -

Abstract

Our prior studies indicated that statistical and wavelet analyses of perfectionism inventories were evaluated by SPSS and Wavelet packets. The main aim of the present study is to investigate different scale affects on perfectionism. We proposed that changes of low-frequency Meyer wavelets reflect students’ perfectionism levels. We used Wavelet 1D and continuous 1D Wavelet analyses to measure their time dependence. We studied students’ questionnaires. Multi-resolution analysis was obtained from continuous and discrete data as a function of cases at different scales. Large scale effects are assumed to play an important role on students with higher others-oriented perfectionism and adaptive perfectionism. Continuous wavelet 1D (Mexh) analyses show the similar results and, large scale effects play an important role on students’ behavior. In contrast, lower scale effects are assumed to play an important role on students with adaptive perfectionism and self-directed perfectionism