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Original Articles

The cognitive, affective and behavioural responses of self-oriented perfectionists following successive failure on a muscular endurance task

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Pages 189-207 | Received 06 Feb 2009, Accepted 01 Dec 2009, Published online: 04 Jul 2011

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