Does perfectionism predict depression, anxiety, stress, and life satisfaction after controlling for neuroticism?: A study of canadian and Chinese undergraduates

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 63-70

  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

China; Cross cultural; Incremental; Neuroticism; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018338880     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: 21512299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000223     Document Type: Article

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