Social support as a mediator of the relationship between perfectionism and depression: A preliminary test of the social disconnection model

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 339-344

  Sherry, Simon B ^a   Law, Ada ^b   Hewitt, Paul L ^c   Flett, Gordon L ^d   Besser, Avi ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Depression; Perfectionism; Social maladjustment; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249162359     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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