Maladaptive Perfectionism as a Mediator and Moderator between Adult Attachment and Depressive Mood

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-212

  Wei, Meifen ^a   Mallinckrodt, Brent ^b   Russell, Daniel W ^c   Abraham, W Todd ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 1842578259     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.51.2.201     Document Type: Article

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