Procrastination and self-efficacy: Tracing vicious and virtuous circles in self-regulated learning

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-114

  Wäschle, Kristin ^a   Allgaier, Anne ^a   Lachner, Andreas ^a   Fink, Siegfried ^a   Nückles, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feedback loops; Perceived goal achievement; Procrastination; Self efficacy; Self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886280074     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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