Is procrastination a vulnerability factor for hypertension and cardiovascular disease? Testing an extension of the procrastination–health model

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 578-589

  Sirois, Fuschia M ^a,b  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Heart disease; Hypertension; Personality; Procrastination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARACTER; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84939950691     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-015-9629-2     Document Type: Article

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