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Procrastination, consideration of future consequences, and episodic future thinking

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Rebetez, Marie My Lien, Barsics, Catherine, Rochat, Lucien, D’Argembeau, Arnaud, Van der Linden, Martial·2016·Consciousness and Cognition

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Despite the intrinsic temporal nature of procrastination, little research has examined the link between this form of self-regulatory failure and the consideration of future consequences, and no study has addressed the link between procrastination and episodic future thinking. The aim of the present study was to explore these relationships. Participants were asked to project themselves into possible future events and to rate the amount of sensory-perceptual details and autonoetic consciousness associated with their representations. They were also asked to complete questionnaires that assessed procrastination, the consideration of future consequences, and negative affect. Results showed that both the consideration of future consequences and episodic future thinking were associated with procrastination, and in particular with procrastination-related decision making abilities and procrastination-related motivational dispositions, respectively.

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Authors
Rebetez, M. M. L., Barsics, C., Rochat, L., D’Argembeau, A., & Van der Linden, M.
Affiliations
University of Geneva (CH)
Corresponding author
Rebetez, Marie My Lien
Venue
Consciousness and Cognition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-05
Volume
42
Pages
286-292
ISSN
1053-8100 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2338846267
Cited by
77
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2
FWCI
8.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Consciousness and Cognition (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (publishedVersion)
  • Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Affective Sciences
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (51NF40-104897)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
procrastination, consideration of future consequences, episodic future thinking, self-regulation, autonoetic consciousness, negative affect, decision-making, motivation
MeSH terms
Procrastination, Adolescent, Adult, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Imagination, Male, Motivation, Thinking, Young Adult

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