Perfectionism, mattering, and depression: A mediational analysis

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 828-832

  Flett, Gordon L ^a   Galfi Pechenkov, Ingrid ^a   Molnar, Danielle S ^a   Hewitt, Paul L ^b   Goldstein, Abby L ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distress; Mattering; Mediation; Perfectionism; Social disconnection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858161153     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.12.041     Document Type: Article

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