Implicit beliefs, achievement goals, and procrastination: A mediational analysis

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-154

  Howell, Andrew J ^a   Buro, Karen ^a  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achievement goal orientations; Implicit Theories; Procrastination; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950340049     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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