Individual factors antecedents of academic procrastination: The role of perfectionism components and motivational beliefs in predicting of students procrastination

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 330-338

  Mohamadi, Fatemeh Shaterian ^a   Farghadani, Azadeh ^a   Shahmohamadi, Zeinab ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Motivational beliefs; Perfectionism; Procrastination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862241714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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