Lost in the Moment? An Investigation of Procrastination, Mindfulness, and Well-being

Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 237-248

  Sirois, Fuschia M ^a,b   Tosti, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Mindfulness; Procrastination; Stress; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869138922     PISSN: 08949085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10942-012-0151-y     Document Type: Article

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