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Active and passive procrastination in terms of temperament and character
BACKGROUND: While passive procrastination is usually associated with distress and dysfunction active procrastination may be an effective coping style. To test this possibility, we examined passive and active procrastination in terms of temperament, character, and emotional intelligence (EI), as well...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6545097/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31179184 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6988 |
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author | Zohar, Ada H. Shimone, Lior Pesah Hen, Meirav |
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description | BACKGROUND: While passive procrastination is usually associated with distress and dysfunction active procrastination may be an effective coping style. To test this possibility, we examined passive and active procrastination in terms of temperament, character, and emotional intelligence (EI), as well as by a short-term longitudinal study. METHODS: Adult community volunteers (N = 126) self-reported twice in an online short-term longitudinal study. At baseline on active and passive procrastination, as well as on the temperament and character inventory of personality (TCI-140) and EI. At first testing, they were asked to freely describe three personal goals and to make action plans to achieve each within the next two weeks. Two weeks later they reported on progress on their personal goals (PPG). RESULTS: PPG correlated positively with active procrastination and negatively with passive procrastination. Dividing the participants into median splits on active and passive procrastination resulted in four groups: Active, Passive, Active-Passive, and Non-Procrastinators. Analysis of variance showed that active procrastinators had an advantage in temperament and character traits as well as EI. Active procrastinators were also higher than the other groups on personality profiles i.e. combinations of traits; dependable temperament and well-developed character. CONCLUSIONS: Active procrastination can be an adaptive and productive coping style. It is associated with dependable temperament, well-developed character, and high emotional intelligence and predicts meeting personal goals. |
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spelling | pubmed-65450972019-06-09 Active and passive procrastination in terms of temperament and character Zohar, Ada H. Shimone, Lior Pesah Hen, Meirav PeerJ Psychiatry and Psychology BACKGROUND: While passive procrastination is usually associated with distress and dysfunction active procrastination may be an effective coping style. To test this possibility, we examined passive and active procrastination in terms of temperament, character, and emotional intelligence (EI), as well as by a short-term longitudinal study. METHODS: Adult community volunteers (N = 126) self-reported twice in an online short-term longitudinal study. At baseline on active and passive procrastination, as well as on the temperament and character inventory of personality (TCI-140) and EI. At first testing, they were asked to freely describe three personal goals and to make action plans to achieve each within the next two weeks. Two weeks later they reported on progress on their personal goals (PPG). RESULTS: PPG correlated positively with active procrastination and negatively with passive procrastination. Dividing the participants into median splits on active and passive procrastination resulted in four groups: Active, Passive, Active-Passive, and Non-Procrastinators. Analysis of variance showed that active procrastinators had an advantage in temperament and character traits as well as EI. Active procrastinators were also higher than the other groups on personality profiles i.e. combinations of traits; dependable temperament and well-developed character. CONCLUSIONS: Active procrastination can be an adaptive and productive coping style. It is associated with dependable temperament, well-developed character, and high emotional intelligence and predicts meeting personal goals. PeerJ Inc. 2019-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6545097/ /pubmed/31179184 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6988 Text en ©2019 Zohar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry and Psychology Zohar, Ada H. Shimone, Lior Pesah Hen, Meirav Active and passive procrastination in terms of temperament and character |
title | Active and passive procrastination in terms of temperament and character |
title_full | Active and passive procrastination in terms of temperament and character |
title_fullStr | Active and passive procrastination in terms of temperament and character |
title_full_unstemmed | Active and passive procrastination in terms of temperament and character |
title_short | Active and passive procrastination in terms of temperament and character |
title_sort | active and passive procrastination in terms of temperament and character |
topic | Psychiatry and Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6545097/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31179184 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6988 |
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