Procrastination, health, and well-being
by Pychyl, Timothy A. Sirois, Fuschia M.
Research on procrastination has grown exponentially in recent years. Studies have revealed that procrastination is an issue of self-regulation failure, and specifically misregulation of emotional states-not simply a time management problem as often presumed. This maladaptive coping strategy is a risk factor not only for poor mental health, but also poor physical health and other aspects of well-being.ïÅ{u00BD} Procrastination, Health, and Well-Being brings together new and established researche…
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- Full title :Procrastination, health, and well-being / edited by Fuschia M. Sirois, Timothy A. Pychyl.
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Research on procrastination has grown exponentially in recent years. Studies have revealed that procrastination is an issue of self-regulation failure, and specifically misregulation of emotional states-not simply a time management problem as often presumed. This maladaptive coping strategy is a risk factor not only for poor mental health, but also poor physical health and other aspects of well-being.ïÅ{u00BD} Procrastination, Health, and Well-Being brings together new and established researchers and theorists who make important connections between procrastination and health. The first section of the book provides an overview of current conceptualizations and philosophical issues in understanding how procrastination relates to health and well-being including a critical discussion of the assumptions and rationalizations that are inherent to procrastination.ïÅ{u00BD} The next section of the book focuses on current theory and research highlighting the issues and implications of procrastination for physical health and health behaviors, while the third section presents current perspectives on the interrelationships between procrastination and psychological well-being. The volume concludes with an overview of potential areas for future research in the growing field of procrastination, health, and well-being.
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- Publication Date:2016
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- Publisher(s):Academic Press
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016
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- Description:1 online resource (xxii, 281 p.)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780128028988, 012802898X, 0128028629, 9780128028629
- oclc:ocn984793684
- Dewey Decimal:155.232
Table of Contents
Part 1. Introduction and overview -- Introduction : conceptualizing the relations of procrastination to health and well-being / Fuschia M. Sirois -- Recovering kairos : toward a Heideggerian analysis of procrastination / James Crooks -- Structured nonprocastination : scaffolding efforts to resist the temptation to reconstrue unwarranted delay -- / Joel H. Anderson -- part 2. Procrastination and health -- Procrastination, stress, and chronic health conditions : a temporal perspective / Fuscia M. Sirois -- Bedtime procrastination : a behavioral perspective on sleep insufficiency / Floor M. Kroese, Sanne Nauts, Bart A. Kamphorst, Joel H. Anderson and Denise T.D. de Ridder -- Measurement of health-related procrastination : development and validation of the exercise and healthy diet procrastination scales / Mohsen Haghbin and Timothy A. Pychyl -- The relation between general procrastination and health behaviors : what can we learn from Greek students? / Maria I. Argiropoulou, Anastasia Sofianopoulou and Anastasia Kalantzi-Azizi -- part 3. Procrastination and well-being -- Procrastination, emotion regulation, and well-being / Timothy A. Pychyl and Fuscia M. Sirois -- Delaying things and…
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