Perfectionism, and cognitions, affect, self-esteem, and physiological reactions in a performance situation

Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-228

  Besser, Avi ^a   Flett, Gordon L ^b   Hewitt, Paul L ^c   Guez, Jonathan ^d  

^a SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Automatic thoughts; Cognition; Depression; Hostility; Perfectionism; Performance feedback; Self efficacy; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849103923     PISSN: 08949085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10942-007-0067-0     Document Type: Article

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