The present study analyzed the psychometric proprieties of the Adult Inventory of Procrastination (AIP) by McCown and Johnson (1989) with an adult Italian sample (n = 305) by comparing three construct models. Models included: 1) the original uni-dimensional structure; 2) a Spanish model with two components — lack of punctuality and lack of planning (Díaz Morales, Ferrari, Diaz, & Argumendo, 200...

Decisional procrastination has been one of the main phenomena analysed in university students, together with self-efficacy, during COVID-19 pandemic. We examined roles academic self-efficacy and intolerance uncertainty on decisional 318 Italian students. Furthermore, mediating role relationships between was explored. The Academic Self-Efficacy Scale, Procrastination Intolerance Uncertainty Scal...

BACKGROUND Self-efficacy is the belief that one has the ability to implement the behaviors needed to produce a desired effect. There has been growing interest in the role of self-efficacy as a predictor and/or mediator of treatment outcome in a number of domains. Procrastination is a self-regulatory failure, defined as the voluntary delay of an intended course of action despite expecting to be ...

The present study is centered in adapting and validating a Spanish version of the Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS). The sample consists of 365 adults aged 18-77 years (M = 37.70, SD = 12.64). Participants were administered two measures of procrastination, the IPS and the Decisional Procrastination Questionnaire, as well as the Big Five Inventory, and the Satisfaction With Life Scale. Firs...

In this paper decision-making styles, locus of control, and average grades in exams are examined as correlates procrastination a sample 185 university students (mainly female students) recruited from mandatory courses for degrees psychology pedagogy at the University Catania (Italy). Method: We used Decisional Procrastination Scale (Ferrari, Johnson, & McCown, 1995), consisting five Likert-...

Procrastination behaviour occurs when the person is obligated to do an activity, even they are not motivated carry out activity within expected time frame. Literature studies define four types of procrastination: academic, decisional, life routines, and neurotic. This study focuses on academic procrastination in higher education. Academic mainly related delaying tasks such as handing assignment...