Coping styles and self-esteem as mediators of the perfectionism-depression relationship among Chinese undergraduates

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-168

  Zhang, Bin ^a   Cai, Taisheng ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coping style; Depression; Perfectionism; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930483855     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2012.40.1.157     Document Type: Article

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