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Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies Economics

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

Burnout and Cognitive Performance

Panagiota Koutsimani, Anthony Montgomery, Elvira Masoura, Efharis Panagopoulou
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Summary & key facts 2021 51 citations

This study tested how burnout relates to thinking skills in working adults. Researchers gave seven different cognitive tests that measured five areas (like memory, attention, working memory, executive control, and visuospatial skills). They also measured burnout, depression, anxiety, and how much family support people felt. The main findings were that…

Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies

Associations between perfectionism and symptoms of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression in young people: a meta-analysis

Jessica Lunn, Danyelle Greene, Thomas Callaghan, Sarah J. Egan
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Summary & key facts 2023 49 citations

This meta-analysis combined 121 studies (from 4,927 articles found) about young people aged 6–24 (pooled mean age ≈ 17.7 years). It found that perfectionistic concerns (worry about making mistakes, fear of negative evaluation) were moderately linked to more symptoms of anxiety (r = .37–.41), OCD (r = .42), and depression…

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies

Comparing the Cognitive Effects of Repeated Intravenous Ketamine and Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression

Kristina T. Kumpf, Samuel T. Wilkinson, Bo Hu, Ruoying Chen, Kamini Krishnan, Shinjon Chakrabarti, et al.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Summary & key facts 2025 0 citations

This secondary analysis of a multisite randomized trial compared cognitive effects of repeated IV ketamine (six treatments) and electroconvulsive therapy (nine sessions) in 365 people with treatment-resistant depression. After the 3-week treatment course, the ECT group did worse than the ketamine group on four objective cognitive tests (P < .001).…

Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies Treatment of Major Depression Ketamine
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