I could do it now, but I'd rather (forget to) do it later: examining links between procrastination and prospective memory failures

Article Article scientifique Article I could do it now, but I'd rather (forget to) do it later: examining links between procrastination and prospective memory failures eng 2021 author Zuber Sascha 0000-0001-9464-7048 690540 author Ballhausen Nicola 802674 author Haas Maximilian 0000-0001-7237-9767 833437 author Cauvin Stéphanie 806062 author Da Silva Coelho Chloé 807868 author Daviet Anne-Sophie 799282 author Ihle Andreas 774399 author Kliegel Matthias 761733 1602-1612 10.1007/s00426-020-01357-6 0340-0727 http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00426-020-01357-6 Prospective memory (PM) represents the ability to remember to perform planned actions after a certain delay. As previous studies suggest that even brief task-delays can negatively affect PM performance, the current study set out to examine whether procrastination (intentionally delaying task execution despite possible negative consequences) may represent a factor contributing to PM failures. Specifically, we assessed procrastination (via a standardized questionnaire as well as an objective behavioral measure) and PM failures (via a naturalistic PM task) in 92 young adults. Results show that participants' self-reports as well as their actual procrastination behavior predicted the number of PM failures, corroborating the impact of procrastination on PM. Subsequent cluster analyses suggest three distinct procrastination profiles (non-procrastinators, conscious procrastinators and unconscious procrastinators), providing new conceptual insights into different mechanisms of how procrastinating may lead to forgetting to perform planned tasks. Dewey 150 Dewey 618.97 14 Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie et d'études des vulnérabilités 0D6 108 Section de psychologie 71 false 1282 Centre LIVES 633 Cognitive Aging Lab (CAL) Psychological Research 85 4 ff8539cc-8366-4d1b-b442-70d60d392e8f Article (Accepted version) Public Zuber_et_al._(2020)_I_Could_Do_It_Now_But_I_D_Rather_Forget_To_Do_It_Later_(AAM).pdf 996092 application/pdf 41e8627c-87d8-41a0-b060-3a7aba603311 Article (Published version) Restricted Zuber_et_al._(2020)_I_Could_Do_It_Now_But_I_D_Rather_Forget_To_Do_It_Later.pdf 1240368 application/pdf openAccess Centres et instituts / Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie et d'études des vulnérabilités Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie

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