Impostor fears and perfectionistic concern over mistakes

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 629-647

  Thompson, Ted ^a   Foreman, Peggy ^a   Martin, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concern over mistakes; Fear of failure; Impostor fears; Perfectionism; Self esteem; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034288907     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00218-4     Document Type: Article

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