The procrastination of everyday life

Milgram, Norman A.; Sroloff, Barry; Rosenbaum, Michael

doi:10.1016/0092-6566(88)90015-3

Cited by 150 publications

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“…12 managing seasickness (Rosenbaum & Rolnick, 1983); quitting smoking (Katz & Singh, 1986); saving over spending (Romal & Kaplan, 1995); and curtailing procrastination (Milgram et al, 1988). More recently, the Rosenbaum has been found under certain conditions to correlate positively with donations in a dictator game and cooperation in a one-shot public good game (Kocher et al, 2012;Martinsson et al, 2010).…”

Section: Measurement Of Trait Self-control and Impulsivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Tangible temptation in the social dilemma: Cash, cooperation, and self-control.

Myrseth¹,

Riener²,

Wollbrant³

2015

Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics

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The social dilemma may contain, within the individual, a self-control conflict between urges to act selfishly and better judgment to cooperate. Examining the argument from the perspective of temptation, we pair the public good game with treatments that vary the degree to which money is abstract (merely numbers on-screen) or tangible (tokens or cash). We also include psychometric measures of self-control and impulsivity. Consistent with our hypothesis, we find in the treatments that render money more tangible a stronger positive association between cooperation and self-control-and a stronger negative association between cooperation and impulsivity. Our results shed light on the conditions under which self-control matters for cooperation.

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Section: Measurement Of Trait Self-control and Impulsivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Tangible temptation in the social dilemma: Cash, cooperation, and self-control.

Myrseth¹,

Riener²,

Wollbrant³

2015

Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics

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“…Also known as dysphoric affect (Milgram, Sroloff, & Rosenbaum, 1988) or task appeal (Harris & Sutton, 1983), it refers to actions that one finds unpleasant. Its relationship is predictable.…”

Section: Task Aversivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

The nature of procrastination: A meta-analytic and theoretical review of quintessential self-regulatory failure.

Steel¹

2007

Psychological Bulletin

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Procrastination is a prevalent and pernicious form of self-regulatory failure that is not entirely understood. Hence, the relevant conceptual, theoretical, and empirical work is reviewed, drawing upon correlational, experimental, and qualitative findings. A meta-analysis of procrastination's possible causes and effects, based on 691 correlations, reveals that neuroticism, rebelliousness, and sensation seeking show only a weak connection. Strong and consistent predictors of procrastination were task aversiveness, task delay, selfefficacy, and impulsiveness, as well as conscientiousness and its facets of self-control, distractibility, organization, and achievement motivation. These effects prove consistent with temporal motivation theory, an integrative hybrid of expectancy theory and hyperbolic discounting. Continued research into procrastination should not be delayed, especially because its prevalence appears to be growing.

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“…However, the changes involved in altering one's diet or activity levels are often viewed as challenging and/or unpleasant (Turk & Meichenbaum, 1991). Given that task aversiveness is related to procrastination (Blunt & Pychyl, 1998Clark & Hill, 1994;Lay, 1992;Milgram, Marshevsky, & Sadeh, 1994;Milgram, Sroloff, & Rosenbaum, 1988), it is likely that procrastinators may "put off" many health behaviors, such as wellness behaviors, that are viewed as unpleasant.…”

Section: A Conceptualization Of Procrastination and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%