Perfectionism, self-criticism and maternal criticism: A study of mothers and their children

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-325

  Clark, Sarah ^a   Coker, Siân ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional perfectionism; Maternal criticism; Perfectionism; Self criticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349149404     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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