Reconsidering active procrastination: Relations to motivation and achievement in college anatomy

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-164

  Hensley, Lauren C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Motivation; Procrastination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913525945     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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