Active and passive procrastination in terms of temperament and character

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Ada H. Zohar¹  Lior Pesah Shimone¹  Meirav Hen³ 

[1] Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology, Ruppin Academic Center;Lior Zfaty Center for the Prevention of Suicide and Mental Pain;Psychology, Tel-Hai College

关键词: Procrastination;    Personality;    Temperament;    Character;    Emotional intelligence;    Active;    Passive;    Personal goals;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.6988

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWhile passive procrastination is usually associated with distress and dysfunction active procrastination may be an effective coping style. To test this possibility, we examined passive and active procrastination in terms of temperament, character, and emotional intelligence (EI), as well as by a short-term longitudinal study.MethodsAdult community volunteers (N = 126) self-reported twice in an online short-term longitudinal study. At baseline on active and passive procrastination, as well as on the temperament and character inventory of personality (TCI-140) and EI. At first testing, they were asked to freely describe three personal goals and to make action plans to achieve each within the next two weeks. Two weeks later they reported on progress on their personal goals (PPG).ResultsPPG correlated positively with active procrastination and negatively with passive procrastination. Dividing the participants into median splits on active and passive procrastination resulted in four groups: Active, Passive, Active-Passive, and Non-Procrastinators. Analysis of variance showed that active procrastinators had an advantage in temperament and character traits as well as EI. Active procrastinators were also higher than the other groups on personality profiles i.e. combinations of traits; dependable temperament and well-developed character.ConclusionsActive procrastination can be an adaptive and productive coping style. It is associated with dependable temperament, well-developed character, and high emotional intelligence and predicts meeting personal goals.

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