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Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies Developmental psychology

4 papers

The nature of procrastination: A meta-analytic and theoretical review of quintessential self-regulatory failure.

Piers Steel
Psychological Bulletin Summary & key facts 2007 3,145 citations

This paper reviews research on procrastination and runs a meta-analysis of 691 correlations. It finds that some personality traits (neuroticism, rebelliousness, sensation seeking) have only weak links to procrastination. Strong and consistent predictors include task aversiveness, task delay, low self-efficacy, impulsiveness, and low conscientiousness (including poor self-control, distractibility, poor organization,…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies Work-Family Balance Challenges

Delaying Disposing: Examining the Relationship between Procrastination and Clutter across Generations

Ferrari, Joseph R., Roster, Catherine A.
SpringerLink Summary & key facts 2018 44 citations

Researchers used online surveys to compare three U.S. adult groups—college students (mean age 21), younger adults from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (mean age 31), and older adults recruited through the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (mean age 54). They found that behavioral procrastination (putting off actions) explained more of the differences in…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies Work-Family Balance Challenges

Training Positive Rumination in Expressive Writing to Enhance Psychological Adjustment and Working Memory Updating for Maladaptive Ruminators

Hongfei Yang, Huizhong Li
Frontiers in Psychology Summary & key facts 2020 15 citations

This small experiment tested whether training people to use positive rumination during counselor-led expressive writing would help their mood and working memory. Nineteen undergraduates took part: 10 maladaptive ruminators had five weeks of the training and 9 were in a control group. After training, the trained group showed better psychological…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Mind wandering and attention Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies

Sex differences in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A population-based study

Ferran Mestres, Vanesa Richarte, J Crespin, Carla Torrent, Spencer Biel, Carolina del Valle Ramos, et al.
European Psychiatry Summary & key facts 2025 3 citations

This study analyzed 900 adults with ADHD from a hospital program in Barcelona. It found that women had more severe ADHD symptoms, more depression and anxiety, less substance use, worse functioning, and greater disability than men, and that women were diagnosed later. The combined ADHD subtype (both inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive)…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Mind wandering and attention Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
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