Multidimensional perfectionism and counterfactual thinking: Some think upward, others downward

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 119, Issue , 2017, Pages 118-121

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a   Diedenhofen, Birk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Counterfactual thinking; Failure; Mood repair; Perfectionism; Self improvement

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; PERFECTIONISM; THINKING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 85023631567     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.07.009     Document Type: Article

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