Family patterns of perfectionism: An examination of college students and their parents

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-67

  Vieth, Angela Z ^b   Trull, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0032951765     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa7201_3     Document Type: Article

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