Perfectionism and cognitive factors in distress and dysfunction in children and adolescents: Introduction to the special issue

Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 53-61

  Flett, Gordon L ^a   Hewitt, Paul L ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognition; Depression; Perfectionism; Self evaluation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027949674     PISSN: 08949085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10942-011-0134-4     Document Type: Article

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