An ego identity perspective on volitional action: Identity status, agency, and procrastination

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 901-911

  Shanahan, Matthew J ^a   Pychyl, Timothy A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Ego executive function; Ego identity; Ego synthetic function; Identity status; Procrastination; Volition; Volitional action

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250759460     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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