Academic Procrastination: A Graduate Student's Story
iProcrastinate Podcast
A grad student reflects on his thesis procrastination and how he overcame it.
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ADHD , Executive Functions & Procrastination: An interesting new study
iProcrastinate Podcast
An interview with Scott Taylor who completed his undergraduate honours thesis at . Scott studied the relations between ADHD, Executive Function and procrastination. His research is the most recent and the most rigorous study in the area. Scott explains his research and the findings, but perhaps more importantly he reflects on personal experiences that may help listeners think through the challenges of ADHD and the potential for change. In this episode, I referenced the work of Russell Barkley and his book, "" To learn more about procrastination and our research, see The closing song is by...
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Ending the Procrastination Habit
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An interview with a first-year college student who went from procrastinator in high school to a productive, A+ student in college. Listen to how this happened.
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Perfectionistic Concerns, Perfectionistic Strivings: There's an important difference
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An interview with (University of Sheffield) about her recently published meta-analysis relating perfectionism to procrastination. Fuschia sets the record straight by summarizing the research literature which shows how perfectionism relates to procrastination. Reference Sirois, F.M., Molnar, D.S., & Hirsch, J.K. (2017). A meta-analytic and conceptual update on the associations between procrastination and multidimensional perfectionism. European Journal of Personality DOI: 10.1002/per.2098 If you're interested in this topic, you may want to listen to two previous podcasts with (York...
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Waiting for the Right Place and Right Time
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An interview with Shane Littrell of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga about his procrastination research. Shane helps us understand the complex interplay of person and situation that influence our procrastination. To learn more, see The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at
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"Facebocrastination?" - Procrastination and Facebook
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An interview with Adrian Meier (Department of Communications, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany) about the predictors of using Facebook for procrastination and its effects on students' well-being. Here's a blog post on this topic, and below that is the reference to the published study. Research reference: Meier, A., Reinecke, L., & C.E. Meltzer (2016). “Facebocrastination”? Predictors of using Facebook for procrastination and its effects on students’ well-being. Computers in Human Behavior, 64, 65-76. Want to learn more about procrastination? The closing song is by...
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Active Procrastination: Clarifying the Concept
iProcrastinate Podcast
A chat with Shamarukh Chowdhury about her research on active procrastination. Together, we clarify the concept of procrastination and do a little "myth busting" around the concept of active procrastination; a concept that we call an oxymoron that may be better understood as two types of delay - it's not "procrastination" at all. Here's an earlier blog post on this topic, and below that are references to the original studies. Relevant research references: Chu, A. H. C., & Choi, J. N. (2005). Rethinking procrastination: positive effects of “active” procrastination behaviour on attitudes...
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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
iProcrastinate Podcast
An interview with the psychologist about Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. Frédérick references the following website for more information: .
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I don't feel like it! I don't want to!
iProcrastinate Podcast
Some reflections on what to do when you don't feel like doing what you know you should be doing.
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Not All Delay is Procrastination
iProcrastinate Podcast
An interview with Mohsen Haghbin about his doctoral research that defined six types of delay, only two of which are procrastination. This is an important new series of studies that help us conceptualize delay in our lives.
info_outlineAn interview with Dr. Fuschia Sirois about how self-compassion plays a role in the relation between procrastination and stress. Self-compassion involves taking a kind, compassionate and accepting stance towards oneself in instances of suffering due to forces beyond one's control as well as when suffering is due to personal failings.
Dr. Sirois' latest research has shown that measures of procrastination are negatively related to self-compassion. In other words, procrastinators are less self-compassionate. Most importantly, this research suggests that lower levels of self-compassion may explain some of the stress experienced by procrastinators - stress that has been shown to increase illness and decrease well-being. Her research also suggests that interventions that promote self-compassion could be very helpful. In this podcast, Dr. Sirois explains her research and interprets these findings for us.
If you want to learn more about procrastination, visit procrastination.ca
I close the podcast with a song entitled "Procrastination" by Matt Weidinger.