Perfectionistic self-presentation, socially prescribed perfectionism, and suicide in youth: A test of the perfectionism social disconnection model

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-233

  Roxborough, Heather M ^a   Hewitt, Paul L ^a   Kaldas, Janet ^a   Flett, Gordon L ^b   Caelian, Carmen M ^a   Sherry, Simon ^c   Sherry, Dayna L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BULLYING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONALITY; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859699746     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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