Perfectionism and positive and negative outcomes : can achievement motivation and conscientiousness account for "adaptive" perfectionism?

We explored the assertion some have made that perfectionism can be adaptive (see J. Stoeber & K. Otto, 2006). Others have considered that what has been called adaptive perfectionism resembles a combination of achievement motivation and conscientiousness (P. L. Hewitt & G. L. Flett, 2008; T....

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Main Author: Blasberg, Jonathan Shael
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24177