A preliminary study of perfectionism and loneliness as predictors of depressive and anxious symptoms in latinas: A top-down test of a model

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-448

  Chang, Edward C ^a   Hirsch, Jameson K ^b   Sanna, Lawrence J ^c   Jeglic, Elizabeth L ^d   Fabian, Cathryn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Latinas; Loneliness; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONELINESS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW YORK; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960380364     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023255     Document Type: Article

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