The factor structure of the frost multidimensional perfectionism scale in university students

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 229-236

  Stallman, Helen M ^a   Hurst, Camerson P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Perfectionism; Psychological testing and measurement individual differences; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055196686     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2010.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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