Less Adaptive or More Maladaptive? A Meta-analytic Investigation of Procrastination and Coping

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 433-444

  Sirois, Fuschia M ^a,b   Kitner, Ryan ^a  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Meta analysis; Procrastination; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938745058     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1985     Document Type: Article

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