Why Did I Wait Until the Last Minute?
As I sit here debating on a topic to write about for my latest assignment, all I can think is, “why did I leave this essay until the last minute?” I have had a good week or so to come up with a topic and start the writing process, yet here I sit with a blank Word Document in front of me which is not going to type itself. Why did I do this to myself? More importantly, why do I always procrastinate?
When students procrastinate, they are deliberately participating in a behavioral problem which “involves delaying a task which needs to be accomplished” not just for homework assignments, but for any task involving school work such as studying (Asikhia). As the semester comes to an end, students find themselves …show more content…
On the contrary, active procrastinators deliberately procrastinate as they prefer to work under pressure (Chu and Choi). Studies have revealed three major themes in active procrastinators which include purposeful delays on school work to facilitate greater efficiency even if it means losing sleep to get the work done closer to the due date, systematical procrastination to attain passing grades, and appealing academic social outcomes which leads students to do it again because they conceived a satisfying outcome previously and felt the action of procrastination to be worth the end results (Hensley). Recent statistics have revealed an estimated eighty to ninety-five percent of college and university level students suffer from active procrastination, and thirty to fifty percent of students said they had difficulties with preparing for exams, beginning the written process of papers, and doing class readings (Yerdelen). Statistics revealed ten to twelve percent of those college students to be under extreme stress and one of the main stressors being school related due to procrastination (Peer et …show more content…
"Rethinking Procrastination: Positive Effects of "Active" Procrastination Behavior on Attitudes and Performance." The Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 145, no. 3, June 2005, pp. 245-264. EBSCOhost, proxylib.msjc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmedm&AN=15959999&site=eds-live.
Hensley, Lauren C. "The Draws and Drawbacks of College Students' Active Procrastination." Journal of College Student Development, vol. 57, no. 4, 01 May 2016, pp. 465-471. EBSCOhost, proxylib.msjc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1103146&site=eds-live.
Peer, Justin W., Stephen B. Hillman, and Emma Van Hoet. "The Effects of Stress on the Lives of Emerging Adult College Students: An Exploratory Analysis." Adultspan Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, Oct. 2015, pp. 90-99. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1002/adsp.12007.
Sirois, Fuschia. "Is Procrastination a Vulnerability Factor for Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease? Testing an Extension of the Procrastination-Health Model." Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 38, no. 3, June 2015, pp. 578-589. EBSCOhost,
As I sit here debating on a topic to write about for my latest assignment, all I can think is, “why did I leave this essay until the last minute?” I have had a good week or so to come up with a topic and start the writing process, yet here I sit with a blank Word Document in front of me which is not going to type itself. Why did I do this to myself? More importantly, why do I always procrastinate?
When students procrastinate, they are deliberately participating in a behavioral problem which “involves delaying a task which needs to be accomplished” not just for homework assignments, but for any task involving school work such as studying (Asikhia). As the semester comes to an end, students find themselves …show more content…
On the contrary, active procrastinators deliberately procrastinate as they prefer to work under pressure (Chu and Choi). Studies have revealed three major themes in active procrastinators which include purposeful delays on school work to facilitate greater efficiency even if it means losing sleep to get the work done closer to the due date, systematical procrastination to attain passing grades, and appealing academic social outcomes which leads students to do it again because they conceived a satisfying outcome previously and felt the action of procrastination to be worth the end results (Hensley). Recent statistics have revealed an estimated eighty to ninety-five percent of college and university level students suffer from active procrastination, and thirty to fifty percent of students said they had difficulties with preparing for exams, beginning the written process of papers, and doing class readings (Yerdelen). Statistics revealed ten to twelve percent of those college students to be under extreme stress and one of the main stressors being school related due to procrastination (Peer et …show more content…
"Rethinking Procrastination: Positive Effects of "Active" Procrastination Behavior on Attitudes and Performance." The Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 145, no. 3, June 2005, pp. 245-264. EBSCOhost, proxylib.msjc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmedm&AN=15959999&site=eds-live.
Hensley, Lauren C. "The Draws and Drawbacks of College Students' Active Procrastination." Journal of College Student Development, vol. 57, no. 4, 01 May 2016, pp. 465-471. EBSCOhost, proxylib.msjc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1103146&site=eds-live.
Peer, Justin W., Stephen B. Hillman, and Emma Van Hoet. "The Effects of Stress on the Lives of Emerging Adult College Students: An Exploratory Analysis." Adultspan Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, Oct. 2015, pp. 90-99. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1002/adsp.12007.
Sirois, Fuschia. "Is Procrastination a Vulnerability Factor for Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease? Testing an Extension of the Procrastination-Health Model." Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 38, no. 3, June 2015, pp. 578-589. EBSCOhost,