Procrastination: Different time orientations reflect different motives

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 707-714

  Ferrari, Joseph R ^a   Díaz Morales, Juan Francisco ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adults; Arousal and avoidant procrastination; Time orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247590209     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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