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Understanding procrastination: A motivational approach
Grund, Axel; Fries, Stefan
2018In Personality and Individual Differences, 121, p. 120-130
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Keywords :
Attribution; Dilatory behavior; Motivation; Procrastination; Self-determination; Value orientations
Abstract :
[en] Procrastination is often seen as a self-regulatory failure. We want to offer a perspective that shifts the focus from volitional to motivational aspects of procrastination. In an attempt to demystify the phenomenon, we combine two studies exploring the motivational foundations of procrastination with a study aiming to uncover its implicit normative connotations. Study 1 investigated the link between value orientations and procrastination at a general level, showing that people high in procrastination entertain low achievement and high well-being value orientations. Study 2 investigated the link between self-determination and procrastination within and across daily activities. Low self-determination related to low levels of activity completion and to procrastination in general. Finally, Study 3 investigated the link between value as well as political orientations and perceptions of procrastination. Individuals who favored modern, conservative values were more likely to attribute academic procrastination as personal failure, whereas individuals who endorsed post-modern, liberal values were more likely to consider situational causes of academic procrastination. Against this background, we argue for a less normative view on procrastination and recommend motivational (e.g., goal selection) rather than volitional (e.g., goal implementation) interventions to prevent procrastination.
Disciplines :
Social, industrial & organizational psychology
Author, co-author :
Grund, Axel  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET)
Fries, Stefan;  Bielefeld Univ, Bielefeld, Germany.
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Understanding procrastination: A motivational approach
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
Personality and Individual Differences
ISSN :
0191-8869
eISSN :
1873-3549
Publisher :
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, Unknown/unspecified
Volume :
121
Pages :
120-130
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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