Procrastinators lack a broad action perspective

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-140

  Dewitte, Siegfried ^a,b   Lens, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Belgium)

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EID: 0034347252     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0984(200003/04)14:2<121::aid-per368>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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