iProcrastinate Podcast
Why we procrastinate and what we can do about it.
 
"Facebocrastination?" - Procrastination and Facebook

An interview with Adrian Meier (Department of Communications, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany) about the predictors of using Facebook for procrastination and its effects on students' well-being.

Here's a blog post on this topic, and below that is the reference to the published study.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-delay/201608/facebocrastination-new-research-the-perils-facebook

Research reference:

Meier, A., Reinecke, L., & C.E. Meltzer (2016). “Facebocrastination”? Predictors of using Facebook for procrastination and its effects on students’ well-being. Computers in Human Behavior, 64, 65-76.

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The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at mattweidinger.com

Direct download: Facebocrastination.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 1:25pm EDT

Active Procrastination: Clarifying the Concept

A chat with Shamarukh Chowdhury about her research on active procrastination. Together, we clarify the concept of procrastination and do a little "myth busting" around the concept of active procrastination; a concept that we call an oxymoron that may be better understood as two types of delay - it's not "procrastination" at all.

Here's an earlier blog post on this topic, and below that are references to the original studies.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-delay/200907/active-procrastination-thoughts-oxymorons

Relevant research references:

Chu, A. H. C., & Choi, J. N. (2005). Rethinking procrastination: positive effects of “active” procrastination behaviour on attitudes and performance. The Journal of Social Psychology, 145(3), 245-264.

Choi, J. N., & Moran, S. V. (2009). Why not procrastinate? Development and validation of a new active procrastination scale. Journal of Social Psychology, 149 (2), 195-211.

Want to learn more about procrastination? procrastination.ca

The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at mattweidinger.com

Direct download: Active_Procrastination_Myth.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 9:16pm EDT

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

An interview with the psychologist Dr. Frédérick Dionne about Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. Frédérick references the following website for more information: Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.

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The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at mattweidinger.com

Direct download: Acceptance_and_Commitment_Therapy.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 12:35pm EDT

I don't feel like it! I don't want to!

Some reflections on what to do when you don't feel like doing what you know you should be doing.

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The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at mattweidinger.com

Direct download: I_dont_feel_like_it.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 3:01pm EDT