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  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Procrastination is a common behavior with significant personal and professional consequences.
  • Regulatory mode, encompassing locomotion and assessment orientations, influences goal pursuit.
  • Understanding the psychological mediators of procrastination is crucial for developing effective interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mediating roles of time perspective, affect, and locus of control in the relationship between regulatory mode and procrastination.
  • To explore how different regulatory orientations (locomotion vs. assessment) relate to procrastination behaviors.
  • To provide empirical support for the locomotion-temporality interface theory.

Main Methods:

  • Participants completed validated scales measuring time perspective (Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory), affect (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Scale), locus of control (Multidimensional Locus of Control Inventory), regulatory mode (Locomotion and Assessment Scale), and procrastination (Lay's General Procrastination scale).
  • Statistical analyses were employed to examine the mediating effects of psychological variables on the regulatory mode-procrastination link.

Main Results:

  • Procrastination showed a negative association with locomotion orientation and a positive association with assessment orientation.
  • The relationship between regulatory mode and procrastination was significantly mediated by negative affective states, an internal locus of control, and negative past and future time perspectives.
  • Affective and cognitive differences between locomotion and assessment orientations were identified as key factors in the regulatory mode-procrastination linkage.

Conclusions:

  • Regulatory mode has a direct behavioral link to procrastination, influenced by affective and cognitive factors.
  • Time perspective, affect, and locus of control are critical mediators, explaining how regulatory modes influence procrastination.
  • Findings support the locomotion-temporality interface theory, highlighting the interplay between action orientation and temporal cognition in goal pursuit and procrastination.