Perfectionism and aggression: Identifying risk profiles in children

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 112, Issue , 2017, Pages 106-112

  Vicent, María ^a   Inglés, Cándido J ^b   Sanmartín, Ricardo ^a   Gonzálvez, Carolina ^a   García Fernández, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggression; Childhood; Cluster analysis; Profiles of child perfectionism; Self Oriented Perfectionism; Socially Prescribed Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PERFECTIONISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPANIARD; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

EID: 85014341358     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.061     Document Type: Article

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