Adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism in depression: Preliminary evidence on the role of adaptive and maladaptive rumination

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 774-778

  Di Schiena, Raffaella ^a   Luminet, Olivier ^a   Philippot, Pierre ^a   Douilliez, Céline ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c University of Lille Nord   (France)

Author keywords

Depression; Modes of thinking; Perfectionism; Rumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864303350     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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