How do you study procrastination in a lab? It's got to be something they intended to do, right? We can't impose that on them. So this is one of the reasons why I've defaulted to looking at people who have a chronic tendency to procrastinate. And so, and then, you know, I also studying it naturalistically, so recording behavior.
We all know the feeling of scrambling at the last minute to finish a task that we could have and should have tackled much sooner. Fuschia Sirois, PhD, of Durham University, talks about why procrastination is an emotion regulation problem, not one of laziness or poor time management skills; how it can harm our mental and physical health; why it’s so tied up with guilt and shame; and how self-compassion can help us overcome it. Links Fuchsia Sirois, PhD Speaking of Psychology Home Page