University students have a lot of freedom but not much structure. This can be bad for habitual procrastinators. Studies have shown that at least half of university students procrastinate to a level ...

Those high on the procrastination scale were more likely to report health issues Mental health problems and 'disabling pain' were among other impacts As a learned behavior, procrastination can also be ...

The funny thing about a study written in academic-speak, published in The Journal of Counseling and Development on the topic of procrastinating college students, is that the very nature of the article ...

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open indicated that procrastinating can eventually result in worse health, including anxiety symptoms, irregular sleep patterns, and even pain. Procrastination ...

Habitual procrastination is a sign of deeper health problems like depression, anxiety, disabling pain, and poor sleep quality as well as physical inactivity, according to a new study. The research, ...

A Roslyn High School senior who won $35,000 Monday for research into why students procrastinate on class assignments says she sometimes puts things off herself. But her mom thinks she's just very, ...

Sudden illnesses, unlikely hardships and other tales of student woe always seem to pop up as deadlines loom. A study of about 2,000 German university students has confirmed what lecturers have long ...

The tendency to procrastinate is partly down to genetics, a new study has found. A team of researchers from Boulder, University of Colorado, examined 386 pairs of twins (some identical, some ...

Procrastination is best understood as an emotion-focused coping strategy. We use task avoidance to escape the negative emotions associated with a task (e.g., frustration, boredom, stress, anxiety). As ...

A study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder has found that a tendency to procrastinate is affected by genetic factors, which are also linked to a propensity to be impulsive.