Perfectionism as a predictor of subsequent adjustment: Evidence for a specific diathesis-stress mechanism among college students

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-137

  Chang, Edward C ^a   Rand, Kevin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

EID: 0034109506     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.47.1.129     Document Type: Article

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