Chronic procrastination among turkish adults: Exploring decisional, avoidant, and arousal styles

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 402-408

  Ferrari, Joseph R ^a   Özer, Bilge Uzun ^b   Demir, Ayhan ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arousal procrastination; Avoidant procrastination; Decisional procrastination; Demographic properties; Turkish adults

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TURKEY;

EID: 67649170523     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.149.3.402-408     Document Type: Article

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