Predictors of Deliberate Self-Harm Behavior Among Emerging Adolescents: An Initial Test of a Self-Punitiveness Model

Current Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-64

  Flett, Gordon L ^a   Goldstein, Abby L ^b   Hewitt, Paul L ^c   Wekerle, Christine ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Overgeneralization; Parental criticism; Perfectionism; Self criticism; Self harm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857795810     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-012-9130-9     Document Type: Article

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