Perfectionism in school teachers: Relations with stress appraisals, coping styles, and burnout

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-53

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a   Rennert, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burnout; Coping; Parents; Perfectionism; School; Stress; Students; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 36248933154     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800701742461     Document Type: Article

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