Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Procrastination has become increasingly prevalent in different contexts of society. About 80 to 95% of students consider themselves procrastinators and would like to reduce their behavior somehow. Procrastination is characterized as postponing action and/or decision even though someone can do so. Studies indicate that the act of procrastinating is related to insufficient or inadequate self-regulation. In the last decades, Mindfulness has been frequently indicated as a strategy to develop more attentional and emotional self-regulation. Mindfulness refers to qualities of attention and awareness that can be cultivated and trained by meditation. Thus, the objective of this study was, through an integrative review, to evaluate if Mindfulness brings benefits to a procrastinator profile and what the effects would be. A literature search was conducted at the Medline/PubMed database, between February and April 2019. 8 articles were selected, and the main results pointed out that procrastination is not a purely motivational problem, but it is an inadequacy or insufficiency of attentional and emotional self-regulation. Research also points out that high levels of postponement are related to intrusive thinking and impulsivity. In this way, Mindfulness-Based Interventions promote improvements in attentional and emotional regulation, allowing the subject to make more assertive decisions as well as reduce impulsive behavior. Thus, the conclusion is that Mindfulness can reduce procrastination since it develops aspects such as non-reactivity and acting consciously in the present moment. However, due to the scarcity of studies, more research is needed for an expansion of this topic, as well as consolidated scientific evidence of these effects, especially testing complete Mindfulness programs.
Author: Marta Oliveira Bockhorny
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3138300824