A methodological note on the interactive and main effects of dualistic personality dimensions: An example using the 2×2 model of perfectionism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-31

  Gaudreau, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achievement; Grade point average; Multiple regression; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455198549     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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