Assessment of Procrastination Styles and Their Relationship with Well-Being in Academic Contexts
This project examines how different activities people engage in while procrastinating are related to psychological well-being and stress in academic contexts. We developed and validated a new questionnaire that captures specific procrastination behaviors, including everyday or physical activities, passive digital distraction, and functional task-related strategies.
Initial findings suggest that these forms of procrastination are not equally detrimental: passive digital distraction is most consistently associated with lower well-being and higher stress, whereas other activities show weaker or no such associations. The project therefore aims to provide a more differentiated understanding of procrastination by focusing not only on how much people procrastinate, but also on what they do while postponing important tasks.
Collaborators: Rahel Zubler, Nils Sommer