Delay or procrastination - A comparison of self-report and behavioral measures of procrastination and their impact on affective well-being

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-80

  Krause, Kathrin ^a   Freund, Alexandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affective well being; Assessment; Behavioral measures; Discomfort; Procrastination; Self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894086223     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.01.050     Document Type: Article

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