Perfectionism and Self-conscious Emotions in British and Japanese Students: Predicting Pride and Embarrassment after Success and Failure

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-70

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a   Kobori, Osamu ^b   Tanno, Yoshihiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achievement; Cross cultural comparisons; Embarrassment; Failure; Perfectionism; Pride; Self conscious emotions; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872686213     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1858     Document Type: Article

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