A cognitive behavioural coaching intervention for the treatment of perfectionism and self-handicapping in a nonclinical population

Behaviour Change

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-172

  Kearns, Hugh ^a   Forbes, Angus ^a   Gardiner, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFECTIONISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF ESTEEM; STUDENT ATTITUDE; WORKSHOP;

EID: 34848869051     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.24.3.157     Document Type: Article

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