The psychology of perfectionism: An introduction

The Psychology of Perfectionism: Theory, Research, Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 3-16

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315536255     Document Type: Chapter

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