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Explaining Why Some Students Procrastinate Successfully: Adaptive Perfectionism And Psychological Capital As Predictors, Richard Hicks, F. Wu

Richard Hicks

Despite contrary observations in traditional literature, many students who procrastinate do so successfully – they are active and effective delayers in handling their own academic deadlines. Some research studies have supported a distinction between active (adaptive) and passive (traditional,dysfunctional) procrastination and found active procrastinators to be effective in time management and outcomes (cf., Chu & Choi, 2005). One recent study has examined the relationship between perfectionism, self-efficacy and academic procrastination but there are no studies examining psychological capital and its four component parts in relation to perfectionism and procrastination. We set out to examine this relationship and to differentiate outcomes …