Psychological distress and perfectionism in recent suicide attempters: The role of behavioural inhibition and activation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 680-685

  Rasmussen, Susan A ^a   Elliott, Mark A ^a   O'Connor, Rory C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BIS BAS; Hopelessness; Perfectionism; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856954787     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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