Perceived social support as moderator of perfectionism, depression, and anxiety in college students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1141-1152

  Zhou, Xueting ^a   Zhu, Hong ^b   Zhang, Bin ^c   Cai, Taisheng ^b  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety; College students; Depression; Perceived social support; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882952248     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2013.41.7.1141     Document Type: Article

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