Procrastination and counterfactual thinking: Avoiding what might have been

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-286

  Sirois, Fuschia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

EID: 3142714674     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/0144666041501660     Document Type: Article

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