Cultural validity of perfectionism among Indian students: Examining personal and family aspects through a collectivistic perspective

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-48

  Wang, Kenneth T ^a   Puri, Rohini ^a   Slaney, Robert B ^a   Methikalam, Bindu ^b   Chadha, Narender ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collectivism; family; India; latent profile analysis; perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455205672     PISSN: 07481756     EISSN: 19476302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748175611423109     Document Type: Article

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