Psychometric Properties of Adult Inventory of Procrastination in a Turkish Sample

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-47

  Uzun Özer, Bilge ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult Inventory of Procrastination; Factorial structure; Reliability; Turkish adult population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893981195     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-013-9177-3     Document Type: Article

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