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Cultural-Historical Psychology
2017. Vol. 13, no. 4, 101–108
https://doi.org/10.17759/chp.2017130411
ISSN: 1816-5435 / 2224-8935 (online)

Time Modus of Procrastination in Retrospect: Types, Predictors and Consequences

 
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Abstract

The article discusses a new field of study of psychology of time through the prism of a very important but still little studied problem: procrastination as putting off work or activities in time. We present the chronology of studies of the phenomenon of procrastination in retrospect in foreign and Russian psychology. We also provide various definitions of the phenomenon of procrastination and reveal the nature and content of the new time mode from the perspective of behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic approaches and integrative theory of time motivation. The article highlights the main types of procrastination and procrastinators, describes the forms and components of procrastination, as well as its predictors and consequences. Basing on the existing research, we outline the theoretical framework of procrastination and specify its differences from the phenomenon of laziness and perfectionism. Further explorations of the phenomenon of procrastination can be aimed at identifying the consequences of procrastination, as in its negative impact on activity, as and its positive implications referring to self-efficacy and self-realization of the subject in a competitive environment.

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Keywords: procrastination, procrastinator, types and predictors of procrastination, consequences of procrastination

Journal rubric: Reviews

OpenAlex citations: 5

OpenAlex trends: Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies, Educational Methods and Teacher Development, Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research

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Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/chp.2017130411

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For citation: Bolotova, A.K., Chevrenidi, A.A. (2017). Time Modus of Procrastination in Retrospect: Types, Predictors and Consequences. Cultural-Historical Psychology, 13(4), 101–108. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/chp.2017130411

© Bolotova A.K., Chevrenidi A.A., 2017

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Information About the Authors

Alla K. Bolotova, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of the General and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher school of Economics (HSE), Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0061-2341, e-mail: bolotova@hse.ru

Anastasiya A. Chevrenidi, PhD Student, Department of General and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher school of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation, e-mail: chewrenidi2011@yandex.ru

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