Cramming, active procrastination, and academic achievement

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1333-1340

  Seo, Eun Hee ^a  

^a Seoul Women University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Active procrastination; Cramming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866941376     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2012.40.8.1333     Document Type: Article

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