Academic Procrastination and Goal Accomplishment: A Combined Experimental and Individual Differences Investigation.

ABSTRACT: This study examined the relationship between academic procrastination and goal accomplishment in two novel ways. First, we experimentally tested whether undergraduate students (N = 177) could reduce their academic procrastination over a course of three weeks after performing goal-related exercises to set so-called SMART goals and/or to prepare those students with specific strategies to resist their temptations (forming implementation intentions). Second, we conducted systematic regression analyses to examine whether academic procrastination at baseline uniquely predicts later goal-related outcomes, controlling for various correlated variables, including personality traits (e.g., impulsivity), motivational factors (e.g., motivation for the generated goals), and situational factors (e

SUBMITTER: Gustavson DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5608091 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature