The impact of perfectionistic self-presentation on the cognitive, affective, and physiological experience of a clinical interview

Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-122

  Hewitt, Paul L ^a   Habke, A Marie ^a   Lee Baggley, Dayna L ^a   Sherry, Simon B ^b   Flett, Gordon L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFECTIONISTIC SELF PRESENTATION; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF EVALUATION; AROUSAL; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 54849430644     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2008.71.2.93     Document Type: Article

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