On the development of perfectionism in adolescence: Perceived parental expectations predict longitudinal increases in socially prescribed perfectionism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 688-693

  Damian, Lavinia E ^a   Stoeber, Joachim ^b   Negru, Oana ^a   Bǎban, Adriana ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Development; Longitudinal data; Parental criticism; Parental expectations; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880710909     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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