Trait procrastination is believed to be highly prevalent among college students and detrimental to their educational performance. As the scenario among dental students is virtually unknown, this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of trait procrastination among dental students and to analyze its influence on their academic performance. A total of 174 fourth-year dental students from ...

objective: the aim of the current study is to investigate the relationship between metacognition and obsessive beliefs, and procrastination. methods: 285 students of tabriz and mohaghegh ardabili universities, iran, were selected by random sampling, and completed the metacognition (mcq-30) questionnaire, obsessive beliefs questionnaire (obq-44), and general procrastination scale. the research m...

The present study focused on perceptions of procrastination and how they relate to stereotypes of procrastination according to academic major; specifically, how students viewed procrastination of psychology majors versus non-psychology majors. Psychology and non-psychology students from a small college in Western Pennsylvania volunteered to respond to the survey. Participants rated themselves a...

This study examined the relationship between self-esteem and procrastination and the mediating role of resistance to peer influence (RPI) on this relationship among undergraduates. One hundred and ninety-nine Chinese undergraduate students completed the measures of procrastination, RPI, and self-esteem. Structural Equation Modeling analyses indicated that self-esteem was negatively related to p...

Background and aims College students experiencing stress show tendencies to procrastinate and can develop Internet addiction problems. This study investigated the structural relationship between time perspective and self-control on procrastination and Internet addiction. Methods College students (N = 377) residing in South Korea completed the following questionnaires: the Pathological Internet ...

OBJECTIVE This research was conducted to study the relationship between attribution and academic procrastination in University Students. METHODS The subjects were 203 undergraduate students, 55 males and 148 females, selected from English and French language and literature students of Tabriz University. Data were gathered through Procrastination Assessment Scale-student (PASS) and Causal Dime...

background: as an early step in the development of a decision aid for idiopathic trigger finger (tf) we were interested in the level of decisional conflict experienced by patients and hand surgeons. this study tested the null hypothesis that there is no difference in decisional conflict between patients with one or more idiopathic trigger fingers and hand surgeons. secondary analyses address th...

BACKGROUND Procrastination is a prevalent self-regulatory failure associated with stress and anxiety, decreased well-being, and poorer performance in school as well as work. One-fifth of the adult population and half of the student population describe themselves as chronic and severe procrastinators. However, despite the fact that it can become a debilitating condition, valid and reliable self-...

Procrastination is a prevalent problematic behavior that brings serious consequences to individuals who suffer from it. Although this phenomenon has received increasing attention from researchers, the underpinning neural substrates of it is poorly studied. To examine the neural bases subserving procrastination, the present study employed resting-state fMRI. The main results were as follows: (1)...

Using a cross-panel design and data from 2 successive cohorts of college students (N = 357), we examined the stability of maladaptive perfectionism, procrastination, and psychological distress across 3 time points within a college semester. Each construct was substantially stable over time, with procrastination being especially stable. We also tested, but failed to support, a mediational model ...