Table 2.
Studies assessing the self-reported procrastination–behavior relation.
| Theme | Measures | |
|---|---|---|
| Tice and Baumeister, 1997 | Timeliness: Procrastination scores correlate with delay in assignment submission | B, SR |
| Lay, 1986 | Timeliness: Procrastinators overrepresented in delay mail return of inventories | B, SR |
| Howell et al., 2006 | Timeliness: Submission pattern conform to a hyperbolic function, most submissions <10 h before deadline | B, SR |
| Senécal et al., 1997 | Onset delay: Onset delay of boring/difficult task longer in high procrastinators, but only for students expecting to be evaluated | B, SR |
| Steel et al., 2001 | Onset delay: Intention-action gap in procrastinators high at course start, but low at semester end | B, SR |
| Moon and Illingworth, 2005 | Onset delay: Moderate correlations between dispositional procrastination score and test onset delay | B, SR |
| Kroese et al., 2014, 2016 | Bedtime procrastination: Getting to bed later than planned “while no external circumstances prevent a person from doing so” | B, SR |
| Stead et al., 2010 | Delay in help-seeking: Higher in procrastinators | SR |
| Sirois, 2007 | Risk willingness: Correlates 0.45 with procrastination score | SR |
| Roig and DeTommaso, 1995; Clariana et al., 2012; Patrzek et al., 2015 | Academic misconduct: Procrastination scores predict academic misconduct, e.g., cheating | SR |
| van Hooft et al., 2005 | Job search in unemployed: Procrastination score related to self-reported job search behavior | SR |
| Tice et al., 2001 | Temptation: Participants in a bad mood with fun distractors available, procrastinated the most | B |
| McCrea et al., 2008 | Mindset: Concrete representation of a task leads to earlier execution of it | B |
B, procrastinating behavior; SR, self-reported procrastination/behavior.