A New Measure of Perfectionism: The Perfectionism Inventory

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-91

  Hill, Robert W ^a   Huelsman, Timothy J ^a   Furr, R Michael ^a   Kibler, Jason ^a   Vicente, Barbara B ^a   Kennedy, Christopher ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERFECTIONISM INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1642498323     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8201_13     Document Type: Review

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