Trait procrastination, anxiety, and dilatory behavior

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-67

  Lay, Clarry ^a   Silverman, Stuart ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0030191560     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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