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ArticlePsychological research2021

I could do it now, but I'd rather (forget to) do it later: examining links between procrastination and prospective memory failures.

Sascha Zuber, Nicola Ballhausen, Maximilian Haas, Stéphanie Cauvin, Chloé Da Silva Coelho, Anne-Sophie Daviet, Andreas Ihle, Matthias Kliegel

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Article in Psychological research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Do self-reports of procrastination predict actual behavior?International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Sascha ZuberCenter for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability (CIGEV), University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont d'Arve 28, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland. Sascha.Zuber@unige.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9464-7048
Nicola BallhausenCenter for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability (CIGEV), University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont d'Arve 28, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
Maximilian HaasCenter for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability (CIGEV), University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont d'Arve 28, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
Stéphanie CauvinCenter for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability (CIGEV), University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont d'Arve 28, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
Chloé Da Silva CoelhoCenter for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability (CIGEV), University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont d'Arve 28, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
Anne-Sophie DavietDepartment of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Andreas IhleCenter for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability (CIGEV), University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont d'Arve 28, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
Matthias KliegelCenter for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability (CIGEV), University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont d'Arve 28, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
University of Geneva · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prospective memory (PM) represents the ability to remember to perform planned actions after a certain delay. As previous studies suggest that even brief task-delays can negatively affect PM performance, the current study set out to examine whether procrastination (intentionally delaying task execution despite possible negative consequences) may represent a factor contributing to PM failures. Specifically, we assessed procrastination (via a standardized questionnaire as well as an objective behavioral measure) and PM failures (via a naturalistic PM task) in 92 young adults. Results show that participants' self-reports as well as their actual procrastination behavior predicted the number of PM failures, corroborating the impact of procrastination on PM. Subsequent cluster analyses suggest three distinct procrastination profiles (non-procrastinators, conscious procrastinators and unconscious procrastinators), providing new conceptual insights into different mechanisms of how procrastinating may lead to forgetting to perform planned tasks.

Indexed as

Memory, EpisodicSelf-ControlAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultFemaleGoalsHumansMaleMotivationPersonal SatisfactionProcrastinationPsychomotor PerformanceTime ManagementYoung Adult

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PMID32444963
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