Procrastination and the Planning Fallacy: An Examination of the Study Habits of University Students

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 135-150

  Pychyl, Timothy A ^a   Morin, Richard W ^a   Salmon, Brian R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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