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ERIC Number: EJ627372
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0883-0355
Exploring Volitional Problems in Academic Procrastinators.
Dewitte, Siegfried; Lens, Willy
International Journal of Educational Research, v33 n7-8 p733-50 2000
Tested the hypothesis that focusing on details of studying (a low-action identity) would enhance performance and persistence. Data for 35 Belgian college students supported this hypothesis for academic nonprocrastinators, but for procrastinators, a low identity was found to enhance only task persistence and performance on a creative response indicator but to decrease performance on recall questions. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Intentional Learning, Performance Factors, Recall (Psychology), Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Belgium; Procrastination; Volitional Skills
Note: Theme issue titled "Conceptions of Volition: Theoretical Investigations and Studies of Practice." Research supported in part by the University of Flanders.