Examining Procrastination Across Multiple Goal Stages: A Longitudinal Study of Temporal Motivation Theory

Procrastination is among the most common of motivational failures, putting off despite expecting to be worse off. We examine this dynamic phenomenon in a detailed and realistic longitudinal design (Study 1) as well as in a large correlational data set (N = 7400; Study 2). The results are largely con...

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Main Authors: Piers Steel, Frode Svartdal, Tomas Thundiyil, Thomas Brothen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00327/full