Why Procrastinate: An Investigation of the Root Causes behind Procrastination

dc.contributor.author	Thakkar, Neal
dc.date.accessioned	2010-05-06T21:20:50Z
dc.date.available	2010-05-06T21:20:50Z
dc.date.issued	2009-03
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines different theories on the reasons why students procrastinate on their academic assignments. Although the fear of failure, self-regulatory failures and low self-efficacy have been linked to procrastination among students, recent research suggests these theories aren't complete because they don't account for task aversiveness or the hyperbolic discounting of time. The Temporal Motivation Theory is the most valid theory of procrastination today because it incorporates the self-regulatory and self-efficacy theories and accounts for task aversiveness and the hyperbolic discounting of time. By understanding the root causes behind procrastination, effective solutions can be invented, researched and spread to stem the tide of procrastination among students and in society.	en
dc.identifier.issn	1718-8482
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10133/1241
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Lethbridge Undergraduate Research Journal	en
dc.publisher.faculty	Virginia Commonwealth University	en
dc.publisher.institution	Virginia Commonwealth University	en
dc.subject	Procrastination	en
dc.title	Why Procrastinate: An Investigation of the Root Causes behind Procrastination	en
dc.type	Article	en