"I'll look after my health, later": An investigation of procrastination and health

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1167-1184

  Sirois, Fuschia M ^a   Melia Gordon, Michelle L ^a   Pychyl, Timothy A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Health behaviors; Procrastination; Stress; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043210535     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00326-4     Document Type: Article

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