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Etiologic relationships between anxiety and dimensions of maladaptive perfectionism in young adult female twins.
Depression and anxiety - 1 Jan 2012
Moser Jason S, Slane Jennifer D, Alexandra Burt S, Klump Kelly L
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BACKGROUND: Theory and research suggest that maladaptive perfectionism, specifically, concerns about mistakes (CM) and doubts about actions (DA), may be important etiologic and maintenance mechanisms for anxiety and its disorders. However, no studies speaking directly to the origins of the relationship, i.e. what etiologic factors underlie the phenotypic association between anxiety and maladaptive perfectionism,...
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