What is DAS self-critical perfectionism really measuring? Relations with the five-factor model of personality and depressive symptoms

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1295-1305

  Dunkley, David M ^a,b   Kyparissis, Angela ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Five factor model; Perfectionism; Personal standards; Self criticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549091501     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.11.022     Document Type: Article

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