Perfectionism and exam performance: The mediating effect of task-approach goals

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-176

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a   Haskew, Amy E ^a   Scott, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 2 achievement goals; Academic achievement; Exam performance; Mediation analysis; Multiple choice tests; Perfectionism; Suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910596773     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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