Correlates of academic procrastination and students' grade goals

Current Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-144

  Tan, Crystal X ^a   Ang, Rebecca P ^a,c   Klassen, Robert M ^b   Yeo, Lay See ^a   Wong, Isabella Y F ^a   Huan, Vivien S ^a   Chong, Wan Har ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 43449092853     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-008-9028-8     Document Type: Article

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