Are patients with chronic fatigue syndrome perfectionistic - Or were they? A case-control study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1473-1483

  Luyten, Patrick ^a   Van Houdenhove, Boudewijn ^b   Cosyns, Nele ^a   Van den Broeck, Anne Lies ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Depression; Perfectionism; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644807580     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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