Doing the things we do: A grounded theory of academic procrastination

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-25

  Schraw, Gregory ^a,c   Wadkins, Theresa ^b   Olafson, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^c University of Nevada ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive and maladaptive strategies; Paradigm model; Procrastination

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847626666     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.1.12     Document Type: Article

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