Perfectionistic Self-Presentation in Children and Adolescents: Development and Validation of the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale-Junior Form

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-142

  Hewitt, Paul L ^a   Blasberg, Jonathan S ^a   Flett, Gordon L ^b   Besser, Avi ^c   Sherry, Simon B ^d   Caelian, Carmen ^a   Papsdorf, Michael ^a   Cassels, Tracy G ^a   Birch, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Perfectionism; Perfectionistic self presentation; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFECTIONISM; PERFECTIONISTIC SELF PRESENTATION SCALE JUNIOR FORM; PERSONALITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79952576244     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021147     Document Type: Article

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