Positive and negative perfectionism among chinese gifted students in Hong Kong: Their relationships to general self-efficacy and subjective weil-being

Journal for the Education of the Gifted

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-102

  Chan, David W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 37149045833     PISSN: 01623532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4219/jeg-2007-512     Document Type: Article

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