Insecure attachment, perfectionistic self-presentation, and social disconnection in adolescents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 936-941

  Chen, Chang ^a   Hewitt, Paul L ^a   Flett, Gordon L ^b   Cassels, Tracy G ^a   Birch, Susan ^a   Blasberg, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attachment style; Perfectionism; Perfectionistic self presentation; Social disconnection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862823694     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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