Treatment interventions for perfectionism-a cognitive perspective: Introduction to the special issue

Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 127-133

  Flett, Gordon L ^a   Hewitt, Paul L ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Irrational beliefs; Perfectionism; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849088627     PISSN: 08949085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10942-007-0063-4     Document Type: Article

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