Procrastination and Attention: Factor Analysis of Attention Deficit, Boredomness, Intelligence, Self-Esteem, and Task Delay Frequencies

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 185-196

  Ferrari, Joseph R ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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