Procrastination. Procrastination Research Group Home Page. This web site provides access to information and research related to procrastination. Although our site originates at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), it represents a compilation of information and research on procrastination from all over the world. Are you visiting our website for the first time?
Here are some suggestions: BLOG - If you want to understand your own procrastination, visit my Don't Delay blog on Psychology Today - a very good source of concise summaries of the latest research along with helpful tips and strategies for change. PODCASTS - Ranked in the top 15 on iTunes for Self-Help. Updated regularly at iProcrastinate Podcasts RESEARCH - If you want to know about research in the area, you'll find lots of information on this site including a bibliography (see "Research Resources" in the menu above). More recent research is highlighted below the cartoon. Sirois, F. & Pychyl, T.A. (2013). Haghbin, M., & Pychyl, T.A. Khazraei, N., & Pychyl T.A. Rahimi, S., Hall, N. Don't Delay. Perfectionism, Procrastination, and Distress. Excessive concerns about making mistakes, pernicious self-doubt, harsh self-criticism, impossibly high standards or expectations for performance, a strong and chronic tendency to evaluate one’s performance as not measuring up to levels expected by oneself or others - these are features of maladaptive perfectionism that predict psychological distress.
In a longitudinal study across the semester of a sample of predominantly female undergraduate students, Kenneth Rice, Clarissa Richardson, and Dustin Clark from the University of Florida examined the relations between measures of perfectionism, procrastination , and psychological distress. They explored a number of different potential models that might explain the relation among these variables, with a particular emphasis on a model where perfectionism leads to more procrastination that increases psychological distress.
Interestingly, this isn’t what they found. Perfectionism and Procrastination Results Implications The authors write, Rice, K. Présentation du MBTI en français.