Parenting perfectionism and parental adjustment

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 454-457

  Lee, Meghan A ^a   Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah J ^a   Kamp Dush, Claire M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parenting satisfaction; Parenting self efficacy; Parenting stress; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555175958     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.10.047     Document Type: Article

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