Perfectionism, silencing the self, and depression

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1211-1222

  Flett, Gordon L ^a   Besser, Avi ^b   Hewitt, Paul L ^c   Davis, Richard A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Perfectionism; Self silencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447253582     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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