Acceptance and Commitment Training: A Brief Intervention to Reduce Procrastination Among College Students

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 144-156

  Scent, Camille L ^a   Boes, Susan R ^b  

^a University of West Georgia ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acceptance and commitment therapy; college students; procrastination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898727354     PISSN: 87568225     EISSN: 15404730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87568225.2014.883887     Document Type: Article

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