Do perfectionists raise their standards after success? An experimental examination of the revaluation of standard setting in perfectionism

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-521

  Kobori, Osamu ^a   Hayakawa, Maiko ^b   Tanno, Yoshihiko ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Logistic regression analysis; Perfectionism; Revaluation of standards; Self oriented perfectionism; Standard setting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350776648     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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