Applications of cluster analysis to the creation of perfectionism profiles: A comparison of two clustering approaches

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Bolin, Jocelyn H ^a   Edwards, Julianne M ^a   Holmes Finch, W ^a   Cassady, Jerrell C ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Fuzzy clustering; K means clustering; Perfectionism; Profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899698531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00343     Document Type: Article

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