Academic procrastination: The pattern and correlates of behavioural postponement |
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Authors: | Andrew J. Howell David C. Watson Russell A. Powell Karen Buro |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Psychology, Grant MacEwan College, P.O. Box 1796, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 2P2;bDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Grant MacEwan College, P.O. Box 1796, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 2P2 |
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Abstract: | Using a series of computer-based assignments, we examined whether students’ submission patterns revealed a hyperbolic pattern of temporal discounting, such that few assignments are submitted far ahead of the deadline and submission of assignments accelerates at an increasing rate as the deadline becomes imminent. We further examined whether variables related to self-regulation – namely, self-reported procrastination, implementation intentions, say-do correspondence, and perceived academic control – correlated with behavioural postponement. Results revealed strong behavioural evidence of temporal discounting, especially among those who identified themselves as procrastinators. Among the self-regulation measures, only say-do correspondence consistently correlated with procrastination. |
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Keywords: | Procrastination Temporal discounting Self-regulation Academic performance |
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