Procrastinación: Una Revisión de su Medida y sus Correlatos

Abstract

Procrastination is the general tendency to postpone the start and/or end of tasks planned to be performed in a given time. Such a tendency to postpone is usually accompanied by subjective discomfort and not only is it a question of low responsibility and time management, but it is a real problem of self-regulation at the cognitive, affective and behavioral levels. In this review an overview of the research carried out on procrastination with Spanish people is provided. The review is organized in the following sections: conceptual framework of procrastination, measurement instruments, prevalence and differences according to age, sex and occupation, structural models, types of procrastination and correlates (personality styles, temporal perspective, morningness-eveningness).