"Making a perfect man": Traditional masculine ideology and perfectionism among adolescent boys

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 551-562

  Adams, Leigh Andrea ^a   Govender, Kaymarlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale; Masculinity; Perfectionism; South Africa; Traditional Masculine Ideology Scale (TMI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860455347     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630803800309     Document Type: Article

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