Procrastination, consideration of future consequences, and episodic future thinking.
Despite the intrinsic temporal nature of procrastination, little research has examined the link between this form of self-regulatory failure and the consideration of future consequences, and no study has addressed the link between procrastination and episodic future thinking. The aim of the present study was to explore these relationships. Participants were asked to project themselves into possible future events and to rate the amount of sensory-perceptual details and autonoetic consciousness associated with their representations. They were also asked to complete questionnaires that assessed procrastination, the consideration of future consequences, and negative affect. Results showed that both the consideration of future consequences and episodic future thinking were associated with procrastination, and in particular with procrastination-related decision making abilities and procrastination-related motivational dispositions, respectively.
Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: Marie.Rebetez@unige.ch.
Marie My Lien
MML
Rebetez
Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Catherine
C
Barsics
Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Lucien
L
Rochat
Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Arnaud
A
D'Argembeau
Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Martial
M
Van der Linden
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology*; D000075682:Procrastination / Q000502:physiology*; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
Consideration of future consequences; Episodic future thinking; Procrastination; Prospection; Time perspective