Informant reports add incrementally to the understanding of the perfectionism-depression connection: Evidence from a prospective longitudinal study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 957-960

  Sherry, Simon B ^a   Nealis, Logan J ^a   Macneil, Matthew A ^a   Stewart, Sherry H ^a   Sherry, Dayna L ^b   Smith, Martin M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Informant; Longitudinal; Perfectionism; Self criticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875088541     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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