An integrated view of personality styles related to avoidant procrastination

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 554-558

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidant; Personality styles; Procrastination; Spanish adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349101439     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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