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    Self-report measures of procrastination exhibit inconsistent concurrent validity, predictive validity, and psychometric properties

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    2022-02-24
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    Vangsness, Lisa
    Voss, Nathaniel M.
    Maddox, Noelle
    Devereaux, Victoria
    Martin, Emma
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    Vangsness L, Voss NM, Maddox N, Devereaux V and Martin E (2022) Self-Report Measures of Procrastination Exhibit Inconsistent Concurrent Validity, Predictive Validity, and Psychometric Properties. Front. Psychol. 13:784471. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.784471
    Abstract
    Procrastination is a chronic and widespread problem; however, emerging work raises questions regarding the strength of the relationship between self-reported procrastination and behavioral measures of task engagement. This study assessed the internal reliability, concurrent validity, predictive validity, and psychometric properties of 10 self-report procrastination assessments using responses collected from 242 students. Participants’ scores on each self-report instrument were compared to each other using correlations and cluster analysis. Lasso estimation was used to test the self-report scores’ ability to predict two behavioral measures of delay (days to study completion; pacing style). The self-report instruments exhibited strong internal reliability and moderate levels of concurrent validity. Some self-report measures were predictive of days to study completion. No self-report measures were predictive of deadline action pacing, the pacing style most commonly associated with procrastination. Many of the self-report measures of procrastination exhibited poor fit. These results suggest that researchers should exercise caution in selecting self-report measures and that further study is necessary to determine the factors that drive misalignment between self-reports and behavioral measures of delay.
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    Copyright © 2022 Vangsness, Voss, Maddox, Devereaux and Martin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.784471
    https://soar.wichita.edu/handle/10057/22821
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