Perfectionism and Chinese Gifted Learners

Roeper Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 81-91

  Fong, Ricci W ^a   Yuen, Mantak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; cultural diversity; gifted students; perfectionism; social emotional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897999335     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2014.884202     Document Type: Review

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