Perfectionism in Chinese university students from Taiwan: A study of psychological well-being and achievement motivation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1279-1290

  Wang, Kenneth T ^a   Slaney, Robert B ^a   Rice, Kenneth G ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Anxiety; Chinese; Depression; Perfectionism; Self esteem; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947118102     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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