Academic Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Control: Associations with Vigilant and Avoidant Coping

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 35-46

  Burns, Lawrence R ^a   Dittmann, Katherine ^a   Nguyen, Ngoc Loan ^a   Mitchelson, Jacqueline K ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034582636     PISSN: 08861641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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