Resilience mediates the relations between perfectionism and college student distress

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-82

  Klibert, Jeffrey ^a   Lamis, Dorian A ^a   Collins, Walt ^a   Smalley, K Bryant ^a   Warren, Jacob C ^a,d   Yancey, C Thresa ^b   Winterowd, Carrie ^c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; distress; perfectionism; resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891764587     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: 15566676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2014.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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