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ERIC Number: EJ399255
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Feeling Disillusioned? Unappreciated? You May Be a Victim of What a Psychologist Describes as "Professorial Melancholia."
Mooney, Carolyn J.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v36 n9 pA13-14 Nov 1 1989
Professors--obsessed with being perfect, eager to criticize, disillusioned after years of sacrifice in graduate school--may be making themselves emotionally ill. Something in the academic environment contributes to the personality profile that David F. Machell has developed. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, Depression (Psychology), Higher Education, Mental Health, Personality Assessment, Psychological Patterns, Rejection (Psychology), Self Esteem, Stress Variables, Teacher Morale
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Perfectionism