Perfectionism and coping with daily failures: Positive reframing helps achieve satisfaction at the end of the day

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 477-497

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a   Janssen, Dirk P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Coping; Failure; Multilevel modeling; Multilevel random coefficient analyses; Perfectionism; Personality; Satisfaction; Secondary control; Social support; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051827339     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2011.562977     Document Type: Article

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