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An experimental study of some hypothesized behaviors and personality variables of college student procrastinators |
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| Authors: | William McCown Thomas Petzel Patricia Rupert |
| Affiliation: | 1. University College Dublin, UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland;2. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Transformation, Overbergstr. 17, 44801 Bochum, Germany;3. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Department of Technology & Operations Management, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062, PA, Rotterdam, Netherlands;4. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institute for Leadership & Organization, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany |
| Abstract: | Aitken's Procrastination Inventory was administered to 200 college students. Scores were correlated with extraversion and neuroticism scores of the revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Procrastination was positively correlated with extraversion and curvilinearly related to neuroticism. Forty procrastinators and nonprocrastinators were further tested. Procrastinators showed a significant tendency to underestimate the time needed to complete a reading task. They also showed a preference for beginning a task by performing the simpler portions first. Treatment and theoretical implications are discussed. |
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