Do adaptive perfectionism and self-determined motivation reduce academic procrastination?

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-172

  Burnam, Abigail ^a   Komarraju, Meera ^a   Hamel, Rachel ^a   Nadler, Dustin R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic; Adaptive; Motivation; Perfectionism; Performance; Procrastination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913542986     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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