Psychological Development and Education ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (5): 545-553.

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Further Exploration and Integration for Studies on Academic Procrastination

NI Shi-guang1,2, LI Hong1, HUANG Lin-yan1   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084;
    2. Mental Health Education Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209
  • Online:2012-09-15 Published:2012-09-15

Abstract: Traditional researches considered academic procrastination as maladaptive,which was irrational delay under self-regulatory failure conditions.Recent researches found that active procrastination was adaptive,which was rational delay under self-regulatory success.Based on the definition of academic procrastination and the current researches in this field,the present study analyzed the nature of academic procrastination and intervention studies on it.Three stages of academic procrastination studies were revealed,and they were poly-dimensional traditional research,self-regulation theory,and a holistic model.An integration of traditional procrastination and active procrastination was carried out under the mechanism of self-regulation,with a holistic model of procrastination set up.Based on the previous studies,a holistic program of preventing traditional procrastination and enhancing active procrastination was put forward by the present study.

Key words: academic procrastination, self-regulation, passive procrastination, active procrastination, a holistic model

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  • G442
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