procrastination
Sign in to saveProcrastination is the act of unnecessarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so. It is a common human experience involving delays in everyday chores or even putting off tasks such as attending an appointment, submitting a job report or academic assignment, or broaching a stressful issue with a partner. It is often perceived as a negative trait due to its hindering effect on one's productivity, associated with depression, low self-esteem, guilt, and feelings of inadequacy. However, it can also be considered a wise response to c
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Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily delaying tasks despite knowing it could have negative consequences, and it's a common experience that affects everything from everyday chores to important deadlines like job reports or medical appointments. It matters because it can harm your productivity and is often linked to depression, low self-esteem, guilt, and feelings of inadequacy.
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- Etymology
- Prevalence
- Behavioral criteria of academic procrastination
- Psychological perspective
- Coping responses
- Cultural perspective
- Health perspective
- In culture
- Correlates
- Perfectionism
- Academic
- Theoretical framings
- Management
- Links to other afflictions
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- Procrastination
- Impulse control
- Motivation
- External links
Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so. It is a common human experience involving delays in everyday chores or even putting off tasks such as attending an appointment, submitting a job report or academic assignment, or broaching a stressful issue with a partner. It is often perceived as a negative trait due to its hindering effect on one's productivity, associated with depression, low self-esteem, guilt, and feelings of inadequacy. However, it can also be considered a wise response to certain demands that could present risky or negative outcomes or require waiting for new information to arrive; for instance, procrastinating on a suicide intent can serve the agent’s interests.
From a cultural and social perspective, students from both Western and non-Western cultures are found to exhibit academic procrastination, but for different reasons. Students from Western cultures tend to procrastinate in order to avoid doing worse than they have done before or failing to learn as much as they should have, whereas students from non-Western cultures tend to procrastinate in order to avoid looking incompetent or demonstrating a lack of ability in front of their peers. Different cultural perspectives of time management can impact procrastination. For example, in cultures that have a multi-active view of time, people tend to place a higher value on making sure a job is done accurately before finishing. In cultures with a linear view of time, people tend to designate a certain amount of time on a task and stop once the allotted time has expired.