Perfectionism and anxiety: A paradox in intellectual giftedness?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Guignard, Jacques Henri ^a,b   Jacquet, Anne Yvonne ^c   Lubart, Todd I ^b  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS PERFECTIONISM SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, GIFTED; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84864458287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041043     Document Type: Article

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