Exploring reasons and consequences of academic procrastination: An interview study

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 841-861

  Grunschel, Carola ^a   Patrzek, Justine ^a   Fries, Stefan ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic procrastination; Interviews; Qualitative content analysis; Student counselling services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892364267     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-012-0143-4     Document Type: Article

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