Examining the Self of Chronic Procrastinators: Actual, Ought, and Undesired Attributes

Author(s): Joseph R. Ferrari, Mark Driscoll, Juan Francisco Díaz-Morales

DOI: https://doi.org/10.65030/idr.05009

Abstract: Little is known on how chronic procrastinators perceive their self-identity. In the present study, chronic procrastinators (n = 36) and non-procrastinators (n = 32) sorted cards of self-concept and self-presentation attributes into actual, ought, and undesired selves. Procrastinators compared to non-procrastinators had greater actual-ought, actual-undesired, and ought-undesired discrepancies. Results indicated that procrastinators held negative attributes of their self-concept and self-presentational characteristics.

Keywords: Procrastination; Self-concept; Self-perception; Self-discrepancy; Personality traits; Individual differences; Self-presentation

Pages: 115-123

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