Beliefs and perceptions about the future: A measurement of future time perspective

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-175

  Husman, Jenefer ^a   Shell, Duane F ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Post secondary education; Time perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 42249100641     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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