Perfectionism and aptitude test performance: Testees who strive for perfection achieve better test results

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1093-1103

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a   Kersting, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ability tests; Achievement striving; Conscientiousness; Intelligence; Reasoning; Speed; Work samples

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846358522     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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