The Complexity of the Relation between Fear of Failure and Procrastination

Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 249-263

  Haghbin, Mohsen ^a   McCaffrey, Adam ^a   Pychyl, Timothy A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Competence; Fear of failure; Irrational beliefs; Procrastination; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869138531     PISSN: 08949085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10942-012-0153-9     Document Type: Article

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