Preoccupied attachment, need to belong, shame, and interpersonal perfectionism: An investigation of the Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 177-182

  Chen, Chang ^a   Hewitt, Paul L ^a   Flett, Gordon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Need to belong; Perfectionism; Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model; Shame

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919914169     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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