Perfectionistic concerns mediate the relationship between psychologically controlling parenting and achievement goal orientations

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 876-881

  Fletcher, Kathryn L ^a   Serena Shim, Sungok ^a   Wang, Cen ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Controlling parenting; Mastery goals; Parenting; Perfectionism; Performance approach goals; Performance avoidance goals; Psychologically controlling parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862816655     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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