Procrastination as a predictor of task perceptions: Examining delayed and non-delayed tasks across varied deadlines

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-36

  Ferrari, Joseph R ^a   Mason, Christopher P ^a   Hammer, Corey ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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