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

Year 2010, Volume: 2 Issue: 7, 66 - 82, 01.09.2010

Y. Karaca Z. Aslan

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

Keywords

Perfectionism, socially oriented perfectionism, Wavelet