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Academic procrastination: the pattern and correlates of behavioural postponement

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dc.contributor.authorPowell, Russell A.
dc.contributor.authorHowell, Andrew J.
dc.contributor.authorWatson, David
dc.contributor.authorBuro, Karen
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-09
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:15:35Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:15:35Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractUsing 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.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/full-record/edselp/S0191886906000055
dc.identifier.citationHowell, A. J., Watson, D. C., Powell, R. A., & Buro, K. (2006). Academic procrastination: the pattern and correlates of behavioural postponement. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 1519-1530.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2005.11.023
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1829
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectprocrastination
dc.subjecttemporal discounting
dc.subjectself-regulation
dc.subjectacademic performance
dc.titleAcademic procrastination: the pattern and correlates of behavioural postponementen
dc.typeArticle
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