Procrastination and its Relationship with Mental Health among Children and Adolescents

Procrastination is extremely prevalent and pernicious form of self-regulatory failure, or the tendency to postpone an activity under one’s control to the last possible minute, or even not to perform it at all, that is not entirely understood. Procrastination is the deferment of actions or tasks to a later time, or even to infinity. It is the avoidance, or deferment, without good reason, of an intended or scheduled until later. The word itself comes from the Latin word procrastinates: pro (forward) and crustiness (of tomorrow). Procrastination is very common and takes place in everyday behaviors. Even though it has been growing for decades and is considered a serious problem today, it wasn’t regarded as a serious psychological problem and thus ignored by psychologists for much of history Brown [1].