What's Wrong with Perfect? Clinical Perspectives on Perfectionism and Underachievement

Gifted Education International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-253

  Rimm, Sylvia ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 67650449116     PISSN: 02614294     EISSN: 20479077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026142940702300305     Document Type: Article

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