Moral perfectionism and moral values, virtues, and judgments: A preliminary investigation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 229-233

  Yang, Hongfei ^a   Stoeber, Joachim ^b   Wang, Yanchun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concern over mistakes; Forgiveness; Gratitude; Moral judgments; Moral perfectionism; Moral values; Personal standards; Virtues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916939930     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.040     Document Type: Article

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