Positive and negative perfectionism and the shame/guilt distinction: Adaptive and maladaptive characteristics

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1609-1619

  Fedewa, Brandy A ^a   Burns, Lawrence R ^a   Gomez, Alex A ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Guilt; Hostility; Perfectionism; Positive and Negative Perfectionism; Pride; Shame

Indexed keywords

EID: 15344344357     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.09.026     Document Type: Article

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