ArticleInternational journal of methods in psychiatric research2020
Do self-reports of procrastination predict actual behavior?
Article in International journal of methods in psychiatric research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- What Are You Waiting For?! Roles of Motivation, Goal Orientation, and Emotion Regulation in Explaining the Link Between ADHD and Procrastination.Journal of attention disorders · 2026Article
- The development and validation of a one-off scale to measure procrastination and precrastination traits in young adults.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Trajectories of procrastination among Swedish University students over one academic year: a cohort study.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- A Lack of Focus, Not Task Avoidance, Makes the Difference: Work Routines in Procrastinators and Non-Procrastinators.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Self-Report Measures of Procrastination Exhibit Inconsistent Concurrent Validity, Predictive Validity, and Psychometric Properties.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- I could do it now, but I'd rather (forget to) do it later: examining links between procrastination and prospective memory failures.Psychological research · 2021Article
- Do self-reports of procrastination predict actual behavior?International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesProcrastination is typically assessed via self-report questionnaires. So far, only very few studies have examined actual procrastination behavior, providing inconclusive results regarding the real-life validity of self-reports in this domain. The present study aimed to examine for the first time whether participants' self-reported procrastination can predict their actual behavior on a real-life task.
methodsFor that purpose, we assessed self-reported levels of procrastination [via the Pure Procrastination Scale, PPS] and actual procrastination behavior on a naturalistic task [i.e., having to send in an attendance sheet before a deadline] in 93 participants.
resultsResults show that self-reports significantly predicted procrastination behavior. Analyses of underlying dimensions suggest that real-life procrastination can be the result of "voluntarily delaying planned actions," but can also have more passive causes such as "running out of time."
conclusionsComparing our results with the available literature suggests that PPS self-reports reflect a particularly valid tool to assess real-life procrastination behavior. Findings are discussed in the context of strategies and mechanisms that potential interventions may target in order to reduce procrastination.
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