Does no one care? Will no one lift a finger to help rid the world of this destructive aspect of slothfulness? Fortunately, we do and will. For we don't like procrastination. It adds little to and it subtracts a lot from joyous autono- mous living. We don't see it as the worst emotional plague imaginable, but we view it as a dangerous disadvantage. Part of the human condition-yes-but a nasty, unattractive part. And one that merits extirpation.
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Kimse umursamıyor mu? Üşengençliğin bu yıkıcı yönünden dünyayı kurtarmak için kimse parmağını bile kıpırdatmayacak mı? Neyse biz ki yapıyoruz ve yapacağız. Çünkü ertelemeyi sevmiyoruz. Keyifli otonom yaşamlarımıza çok az şey katar ve çok şey çıkartır. Akla gelebilecek en kötü duygusal salgın olarak görmüyoruz, ancak tehlikeli bir dezavantaj olarak görüyoruz. İnsanlık durumunun bir parçası-evet-ama çirkin, çekici olmayan bir parçası. Ve yok edilmeyi hak eden bir tane.
Missildine (1964) identified what he terms a chronic procrastination syndrome. He believed that "slow, daydreaming paralysis" regarding task achievement is the final manifestation of this syndrome.
Students who have extreme anxiety are most likely to procrastinate because it is more reinforcing to avoid the anxiety associated with studying than it is to study.
Procrastinators, on the other hand, often have difficulty knowing what they are avoiding. It is much harder for them to indicate a specific event that they are avoiding in order to reduce fear.
High procrastinators, particularly women, were also significantly more likely than were low procrastinators to report more test anxiety, state anxiety and anxiety related physical symptoms.
Procrastination is more common in capable students who have learned that they possess the cognitive abilities to perform the bulk of their course work at the last minute and still do reasonably well in school.