When a high distinction isn't good enough: A review of perfectionism and self-handicapping

Australian Educational Researcher

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 21-36

  Kearns, Hugh ^a   Forbes, Angus ^a   Gardiner, Maria ^a   Marshall, Kelly ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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