The cost of being mother's ideal child: The role of internalization in the development of perfectionism and depression

Social Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 504-516

  Tong, Ying ^a   Lam, Shui Fong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Depression; Internalization; Perfectionism; Performance goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960438756     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2010.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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