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This web site provides access to information and
research related to procrastination. Although our site originates
at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, it represents a
compilation of information and research on procrastination from all
over the world.
Sirois, F.M., Melia-Gordon, M.L., & Pychyl, T.A. (2003).
"I'll look after my health later": An investigation of procrastination
and health. Personality and Individual Differences, 35,
1167-1184.
Abstract: A recent study on the negative health consequences
of procrastination suggested that procrastination was associated with
higher stress and poor health (Tice & Baumeister, 1997). The current
investigation sought to clarify and extend these findings by examining
the mediational role of stress and health behaviors in the procrastination-illness
relationship. It was hypothesized that in addition to stress, a behavioral
pathway would be implicated, with poor wellness behaviors and delay
in seeking treatment for health problems mediating the effects of
procrastination on health. The model was tested with a sample of university
students (n = 122) during a high stress period. As expected, the results
indicated that procrastination related to poorer health, treatment
delay, perceived stress, and fewer wellness behaviors. The process
analyses supported the mediational role of stress and treatment delay,
but not wellness behaviors, in the procrastination-illness relationship.
The model is consistent with current conceptualizations of the personality-health
relationship, and presents procrastination as a behavioral style that
may increase vulnerability for negative health outcomes.
Books & Special Issues
 To be published June
2004 - Counseling the procrastinator in
academic settings , American Psychological Association:
Washington, DC.
(Edited by H.C. Schouwenburg, C. Lay, T. Pychyl, & J.R. Ferrari)
Special Issue -
Procrastination: Current Issues and New Directions
Journal of Social Behaviour & Personality
(Vol. 15, No. 5 - - Joseph R. Ferrari & Timothy A.
Pychyl, Editors)
Conferences
Counseling
the Procrastinator in the Academic Context - 3rd
Biennial Conference - Ohio State University (August 4-5, 2003)
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