In search of the arousal procrastinator: Investigating the relation between procrastination, arousal-based personality traits and beliefs about procrastination motivations

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 906-911

  Simpson, W Kyle ^a   Pychyl, Timothy A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousal; Personality; Procrastination; Sensation Seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849087373     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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