Life satisfaction among highly achieving students in Hong Kong: Do gratitude and the 'good-enough mindset' add to the contribution of perfectionism in prediction?

Educational Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 613-626

  Chan, David W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

character strength; good enough mindset; gratitude; highly achieving students; life satisfaction; perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864002380     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2012.685451     Document Type: Article

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