Is perfectionism categorical or dimensional? A taxometric analysis

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 481-490

  Broman Fulks, Joshua J ^a   Hill, Robert W ^a   Green, Bradley A ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATEGORICAL CONSTRUCT; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCT; EATING DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT MODE FACTOR ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SIMULATION; TAXOMETRIC ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 49649106269     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890802248802     Document Type: Article

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