Exploring academic procrastination among turkish students: Possible gender differences in prevalence and reasons

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-257

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

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic procrastination; Gender difference; Prevalence; Self reported reasons

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; TIME MANAGEMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TIME MANAGEMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 67649854465     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.149.2.241-257     Document Type: Article

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