Eveningness Predicts Academic Procrastination Summary

Procrastination is the tendency to delay a task to the point one becomes frustrated about not completing it and academic procrastination is specifically delaying on academic tasks which is a more common practice with college students. In the article, “Eveningness Predicts Academic Procrastination: The Mediating Role of Neuroticism,” Brian Hess will discuss how procrastination has become a moderate to severe problem in college students today. He states, “Neuroticism is the general emotional over responsiveness and tendency to break down under stress.” Studies have shown that students with high levels neuroticism procrastinate more, study less, have anxiety because of exams and lack self-confidence. In addition to neuroticism, time structure
can also be related to procrastination. If an individual were to structure their time efficiently, it may reduce the probability of procrastinating behavior. Earlier research by Watts concluded that morning-type individuals facilitate the development of achievement. This reveals the difference between procrastinators and non-procrastinators. An individual who commonly delays their tasks can be expected to engage in their activities at night, but non-procrastinators usually prefer the morning. In the article, Hess explains the ways people procrastinate and different methods in which you can solve them.
First, I can apply this to my college experience by creating a schedule in which I can track my work ethic and control how I complete my tasks. Then, once I have created my schedule, I have to ensure that I am going to apply this to my everyday life. I can accomplish this by putting reminders in places in which I can see them everyday to remind myself to stay on track. For example, I used to put sticky-notes on my mirror so I could remind myself to do my homework every night before I went to bed. This helped me, but everyone is different, so you have to apply this to your own life. This article gave me important advice in which I believe should be shared with other college students. This can easily be done by telling others the disadvantages of doing your work last minute and what could come from them continuously
procrastinating. In the second article called, “Academic Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Control” the author associates procrastination with the vigilant and avoidant coping.
Burns describes vigilant coping as people who seek more information, are more prone to worry and are quick to relinquish control to a more competent individual. Avoidant copiers are almost the exact opposite, they prefer a minimum amount of information and would rather avoid threatening cues and information. Both types of coping are considered inadequate and should be resolved as soon as possible. Academic procrastination is an intentional delay in completing academic-related tasks. This can result from a fear of failure, tendency to postpone tasks and poor time management. The author anticipates that individuals who procrastinate perform these actions due to their similarities to each other. Perfectionism is a personality trait that could be considered other positive or negative towards that individuals beneficiality. First, positive perfectionism characteristics includes a focus on personal strengths, and positive outcomes. Negative perfectionism on the other hand, is motivated through fear of failure or
atychiphobia. All these different sources of procrastination can be treated through motivation and grit to push themselves to achieve their goals. When setting your goals don’t begin with an irrational goal that you are unable to accomplish, instead start off with a relatively simple and moderate goal and progress your way up to the more difficult ones. These indications should be shared with the public because they explain the different varieties of procrastination and how to properly decipher the possibilities of overcoming them. For example, an individual must first recognize that they are procrastinating. Then, they must develop new strategies to overcome their continuous procrastination methods and last, you have to continue with these strategies until it becomes second nature to finish work early and before the intended due date.