Life Satisfaction, Happiness, and the Growth Mindset of Healthy and Unhealthy Perfectionists Among Hong Kong Chinese Gifted Students

Roeper Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 224-233

  Chan, David W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; fixed mindset; gifted students; growth mindset; happiness; Hong Kong; life satisfaction; perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867254963     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2012.715333     Document Type: Article

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