"I'll look after my health, later": A replication and extension of the procrastination-health model with community-dwelling adults

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-26

  Sirois, Fuschia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Health behaviours; Household safety; Procrastination; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947605731     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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