Sex, Education and Procrastination: An Epidemiological Study of Procrastinators' Characteristics from a Global Sample

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-58

  Steel, Piers ^a   Ferrari, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Demographics; Education; Nation; Procrastination; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872680255     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1851     Document Type: Article

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