Cultural Similarities in Perfectionism: Perfectionistic Strivings and Concerns Generalize Across Chinese and Canadian Groups

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 63-76

  Smith, Martin M ^a   Saklofske, Donald H ^a   Yan, Gonggu ^b   Sherry, Simon B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; cross cultural; depression; perfectionism; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958025696     PISSN: 07481756     EISSN: 19476302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748175615596785     Document Type: Article

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