Healthy and unhealthy perfectionists among academically gifted Chinese students in Hong Kong: Do different classification schemes make a difference?

Roeper Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-97

  Chan, David W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese gifted students; Classification; Healthy perfectionists; Hong Kong; Perfectionism; Perfectionist types; Prevalence; Unhealthy perfectionists

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958131479     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783191003587876     Document Type: Article

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