Is procrastination related to sleep quality? Testing an application of the procrastination–health model

Cogent Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sirois, Fuschia M ^a,b   van Eerde, Wendelien ^c   Argiropoulou, Maria Ioanna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

health; procrastination; sleep quality; stress; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971266276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23311908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2015.1074776     Document Type: Article

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