Frontiers in Psychology | |
Examining Procrastination Across Multiple Goal Stages: A Longitudinal Study of Temporal Motivation Theory | |
Piers Steel1  | |
关键词: procrastination; temporal trajectories; motivation; self-regulation; longitudinal; pacing style; | |
DOI : 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00327 | |
学科分类:心理学(综合) | |
来源: Frontiers | |
【 摘 要 】
Procrastination is among the most common of motivational failures, putting off despite expecting to be worse off. We examine this dynamic phenomenon in a detailed and realistic longitudinal design (Study 1) as well as in a large correlational data set (N = 7400; Study 2). The results are largely consistent with temporal motivation theory. People’s pacing style reflects a hyperbolic curve, with the steepness of the curve predicted by self-reported procrastination. Procrastination is related to intention-action gaps, but not intentions. Procrastinators are susceptible to proximity of temptation and to the temporal separation between their intention and the planned act; the more distal, the greater the gap. Critical self-regulatory skills in explaining procrastination are attention control, energy regulation and automaticity, accounting for 74% of the variance. Future research using this design is recommended, as it provides an almost ideal blend of realism and detailed longitudinal assessment.
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CC BY
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