Perfectionistic automatic thoughts and psychological distress in adolescents: An analysis of the perfectionism cognitions inventory

Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-104

  Flett, Gordon L ^a   Hewitt, Paul L ^b   Demerjian, Aline ^a   Sturman, Edward D ^c   Sherry, Simon B ^d   Cheng, Winnie ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic thoughts; Cognitions; Dependency; Depression; Perfectionism; Self criticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860667926     PISSN: 08949085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10942-011-0131-7     Document Type: Article

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