Perfectionism, performance, and state positive affect and negative affect after a classroom test

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-18

  Flett, Gordon L ^a   Blankstein, Kirk R ^b   Hewitt, Paul L ^c  

^a York University   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Anxiety; Perfectionism; Performance; Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749123268     PISSN: 08295735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0829573509332457     Document Type: Article

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