Overcome procrastination: Enhancing emotion regulation skills reduce procrastination
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Overcome procrastination : Enhancing emotion regulation skills reduce procrastination. / Eckert, Marcus; Ebert, David D.; Lehr, Dirk et al.
In: Learning and Individual Differences, Vol. 52, 01.12.2016, p. 10-18.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Overcome procrastination
T2 - Enhancing emotion regulation skills reduce procrastination
AU - Eckert, Marcus
AU - Ebert, David D.
AU - Lehr, Dirk
AU - Sieland, Bernhard
AU - Berking, Matthias
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Procrastination is a widespread phenomenon that affects performance in various life domains including academic performance. Recently, it has been argued that procrastination can be conceptualized as a dysfunctional response to undesired affective states. Thus, we aimed to test the hypothesis that the availability of adaptive emotion regulation (ER) skills prevents procrastination. In a first study, cross-sectional analyses indicated that ER skills and procrastination were associated and that these connections were mediated by the ability to tolerate aversive emotions. In a second study, cross lagged panel analyses showed that (1) the ability to modify aversive emotions reduced subsequent procrastination and that (2) procrastination affected the subsequent ability to tolerate aversive emotions. Finally, in a third study, a two-arm randomized control trial (RCT) was conducted. Results indicated that systematic training of the ER skills tolerate and modify aversive emotions reduced procrastination. Thus, in order to overcome procrastination, emotion-focused strategies should be considered.
AB - Procrastination is a widespread phenomenon that affects performance in various life domains including academic performance. Recently, it has been argued that procrastination can be conceptualized as a dysfunctional response to undesired affective states. Thus, we aimed to test the hypothesis that the availability of adaptive emotion regulation (ER) skills prevents procrastination. In a first study, cross-sectional analyses indicated that ER skills and procrastination were associated and that these connections were mediated by the ability to tolerate aversive emotions. In a second study, cross lagged panel analyses showed that (1) the ability to modify aversive emotions reduced subsequent procrastination and that (2) procrastination affected the subsequent ability to tolerate aversive emotions. Finally, in a third study, a two-arm randomized control trial (RCT) was conducted. Results indicated that systematic training of the ER skills tolerate and modify aversive emotions reduced procrastination. Thus, in order to overcome procrastination, emotion-focused strategies should be considered.
KW - Emotion regulation
KW - Emotion-focused intervention
KW - Procrastination
KW - Training
KW - Psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84991677439&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.lindif.2016.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.lindif.2016.10.001
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:84991677439
VL - 52
SP - 10
EP - 18
JO - Learning and Individual Differences
JF - Learning and Individual Differences
SN - 1041-6080
ER -