Perfectionism and interpersonal orientations in depression: An analysis of validation seeking and rejection sensitivity in a community sample of young adults

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-85

  Flett, Gordon L ^a   Besser, Avi ^b   Hewitt, Paul L ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DEPRESSION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERFECTIONISM SCALE; NOTE; PERFECTIONISM; PERFECTIONISTIC SELF PRESENTATION SCALE; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REJECTION SENSITIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN RELATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907285728     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2014.77.1.67     Document Type: Note

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