Perfectionism, academic burnout and engagement among Chinese college students: A structural equation modeling analysis

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1529-1540

  Zhang, Yiwen ^a   Gan, Yiqun ^a   Cham, Heining ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burnout; Engagement; Perfectionism; Structural equation modeling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547158026     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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