Content Analyses of the Beliefs of Academic Procrastinators

McCown, Bill; Blake, Ilia Khambatta; Keiser, Ross

doi:10.1007/s10942-012-0148-6

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“…Earlier research has implicated a potentially pivotal role for procrastination-related cognitions and beliefs in this problematic behaviour (Flett, Stainton, Hewitt, Sherry, & Lay, 2012;McCown, Blake, & Keiser, 2012). However, according to the S-REF model, cognitions, core beliefs, and conditional assumptions are the output or surface indicators of problematic CAS configurations that are governed by metacognitions.…”

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The Contribution of Metacognitions and Attentional Control to Decisional Procrastination

Fernie

McKenzie

Nikčević

et al. 2015

J Rat-Emo Cognitive-Behav Ther

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Earlier research has implicated metacognitions and attentional control in procrastination and self-regulatory failure. This study tested several hypotheses: (1) that metacognitions would be positively correlated with decisional procrastination; (2) that attentional control would be negatively correlated with decisional procrastination; (3) that metacognitions would be negatively correlated with attentional control; and (4) that metacognitions and attentional control would predict decisional procrastination when controlling for negative affect. One hundred and twenty-nine participants completed the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21, the Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire 30, the Attentional Control Scale, and the Decisional Procrastination Scale. Significant relationships were found between all three attentional control factors (focusing, shifting, and flexible control of thought) and two metacognitions factors (negative beliefs concerning thoughts about uncontrollability and danger, and cognitive confidence). Results also revealed that decisional procrastination was significantly associated with negative affect, all measured metacognitions factors, and all attentional control factors. In the final step of a hierarchical regression analysis only stress, cognitive confidence, and attention shifting were independent predictors of decisional procrastination. Overall these findings support the hypotheses and are consistent with the Self-Regulatory Executive Function model of psychological dysfunction. The implications of these findings are discussed.Metacognitions, attentional control and decisional procrastination June 2015 3

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The Contribution of Metacognitions and Attentional Control to Decisional Procrastination

Fernie

McKenzie

Nikčević

et al. 2015

J Rat-Emo Cognitive-Behav Ther

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“…Procrastination is associated with a tendency toward negative selfevaluations (Flett, Blankstein, & Martin, 1995;Flett, Stainton, Hewitt, Sherry, & Lay, 2012), including self-depreciating thoughts after procrastinating (McCown, Blake, & Keiser, 2012), self-blame and brooding about past procrastination (Stainton, Lay, & Flett, 2000), and taking a self-critical and judgmental view of oneself in the face of failure which may contribute to greater stress (Sirois, 2014b). With respect to HT/CVD, using a self-blaming style of coping may contribute to greater stress as well as interfere with taking instrumental action towards managing illness, as this style of coping is associated with poor adjustment outcomes in other chronic conditions (Plaufcan, Wamboldt, & Holm, 2012;.…”

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

Sirois

2015

J Behav Med

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Personality is an important epidemiological factor for understanding health outcomes.This study investigated the associations of trait procrastination with hypertension and cardiovascular disease (HT/CVD) and maladaptive coping by testing an extension of the procrastination-health model among individuals with and without HT/CVD. Individuals with self-reported HT/CVD (N = 182) and healthy controls (N = 564), from a community sample, completed an online survey including measures of personality, coping, and health outcomes.Logistic regression analysis controlling for demographic and higher order personality factors found that older age, lower education level and higher procrastination scores were associated with HT/CVD. Moderated mediation analyses with bootstrapping revealed that procrastination was more strongly associated with maladaptive coping behaviours in participants with HT/CVD than the healthy controls, and the indirect effects on stress through maladaptive coping were larger for the HT/CVD sample. Results suggest procrastination is a vulnerability factor for poor adjustment to and management of HT/CVD.

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“…Self-compassion can have a substantial role in adaptive self-regulation through decreasing the negative emotional states and self-blame [42]. It should be noted Self-compassion is associated with the use of positive coping strategies such as cognitive restructuring which may help decrease anxiety [42].…”

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“…So, it is not surprising that over-identification and self-judgment mediated the relationship between anxiety and procrastination. Selfcompassion is a unique construct for the youth because they face with social comparison and they evaluate themselves [42]. They experience more stressful factors which are related to academic performance and getting accepted by peers.…”

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The Mediating Role of Self-Compassion in the Relationship Between Anxiety and Procrastination

Einabad

Dorban

Nainian

2017

Zahedan J Res Med Sci

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Background: Procrastination is common among students. There are inconsistent evidence indicating the relationship between anxiety and procrastination. Similarly, underlying mechanisms of this relationship is not fully understood. One of these mechanisms may be self-compassion that may counteracts the negative effects of anxiety and procrastination. Hence, this research is aimed at investigating the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between anxiety and procrastination. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Shahed University. Subjects were selected from different faculties through cluster sampling method. Since a minimum sample size of 200 is necessary for Structural Equation Models, we distributed 300 questionnaires, but 210 questionnaires were appropriate to analysis. Students were asked to answer to tests, including anxiety, selfcompassion, and procrastination scale. Results: Anxiety is correlated with procrastination and all subscales of self-compassion. Three components of self-compassion, including self-judgment (r = 0.305, P < 0.001), isolation (r = 0.225, P = 0.001), and over-identification (r = 0.288, P < 0.001) have significant correlation with procrastination. Results of calculation in AMOS showed self-judgment and over-identification explain the relationship between self-compassion and procrastination, and they are full mediators of the relationship between anxiety and procrastination (r = 0.236; P = 0.008; 95% CI (0.069, 0.453). Conclusions: Results are consistent with the researches and theory. There are anxiety provoking factors among students correlated with the academic performance and getting accepted by peers, leading to self-judgment and over identification that are related to negative results such as procrastination.

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Content Analyses of the Beliefs of Academic Procrastinators

Cited by 34 publications

References 14 publications

The Contribution of Metacognitions and Attentional Control to Decisional Procrastination

The Contribution of Metacognitions and Attentional Control to Decisional Procrastination

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

The Mediating Role of Self-Compassion in the Relationship Between Anxiety and Procrastination

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