Perfectionism and self concept among primary school children in Egypt;Perfeccionismo y auto-concepto en alumnos de primaria en Egipto

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1099-1114

  Tofaha, Gamal Al Sayed ^a   Ramón, Patricia Robledo ^b  

^a SUEZ UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egypt; Perfectionism; Primary school children; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650321293     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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