Procrastination, distress and life satisfaction across the age range - A German representative community study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Beutel, Manfred E ^a   Klein, Eva M ^a   Aufenanger, Stefan ^a   Brähler, Elmar ^a   Dreier, Michael ^a   Müller, Kai W ^a   Quiring, Oliver ^a   Reinecke, Leonard ^a   Schmutzer, Gabriele ^b   Stark, Birgit ^a   Wölfling, Klaus ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROCRASTINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK; DEMOGRAPHY; GERMANY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960533584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148054     Document Type: Article

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