Genetic relations among procrastination, impulsivity, and goal-management ability: Implications for the evolutionary origin of procrastination

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1178-1188

  Gustavson, Daniel E ^a   Miyake, Akira ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a   Friedman, Naomi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal management; Heritability; Impulsivity; Individual differences; Procrastination; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904762871     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614526260     Document Type: Article

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