Submission + - Formula for Procrastination Found
kandela writes: "Science Daily and the Universtiy of Calgary report that Calgary academic Dr. Piers Steel has published a paper titled "The Nature of Procrastination: A Meta-Analytic and Theoretical Review of Quintessential Self-Regulatory Failure." in The American Psychological Association's Psychological Bulletin. In it he reveals that most people's New Year's resolutions are doomed to failure, most self-help books have it completely wrong when they say perfectionism is at the root of procrastination, and procrastination can be explained by a single mathematical equation.
From the article "Essentially, procrastinators have less confidence in themselves, less expectancy that they can actually complete a task," Steel says. "Perfectionism is not the culprit. In fact, perfectionists actually procrastinate less, but they worry about it more."
The research is apparently the culmination of 10 years work, however no indication was given of how much time was spent putting it off before it was begun."
From the article "Essentially, procrastinators have less confidence in themselves, less expectancy that they can actually complete a task," Steel says. "Perfectionism is not the culprit. In fact, perfectionists actually procrastinate less, but they worry about it more."
The research is apparently the culmination of 10 years work, however no indication was given of how much time was spent putting it off before it was begun."
