Understanding the link between perfectionism and adjustment in college students: Examining the role of maximizing

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1074-1078

  Chang, Edward C ^a   Lin, Natalie J ^a   Herringshaw, Abbey J ^a   Sanna, Lawrence J ^b   Fabian, Cathryn G ^a   Perera, Marisa J ^a   Marchenko, Victoria V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Motivation; Perfectionism; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952628266     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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