A preliminary look at loneliness as a moderator of the link between perfectionism and depressive and anxious symptoms in college students: Does being lonely make perfectionistic strivings more distressing?

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 877-886

  Chang, Edward C ^a   Sanna, Lawrence J ^b   Chang, Rita ^a   Bodem, Marguerite R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxious symptoms; Depressive symptoms; Loneliness; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LONELINESS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRESS; SYMPTOM; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44349136202     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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