Editing Procrastination (section)

== Prevalence ==
In a study of academic procrastination from the [[University of Vermont]], published in 1984, 46% of the subjects reported that they "always" or "nearly always" procrastinated writing papers, while approximately 30% reported procrastinating studying for exams and reading weekly assignments (by 28% and 30% respectively). Nearly a quarter of the subjects reported that procrastination was a problem for them regarding the same tasks. However, as many as 65% indicated that they would like to reduce their procrastination when writing papers, and approximately 62% indicated the same for studying for exams and 55% for reading weekly assignments.<ref name="Solomon1984">{{cite web |author= Solomon, LJ |author2=Rothblum |url= http://rothblum.sdsu.edu/doc_pdf/procrastination/AcademicProcrastinationFrequency.pdf|date=1984|title=Academic Procrastination: Frequency and Cognitive-Behavioural Correlates|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729211829/http://rothblum.sdsu.edu/doc_pdf/procrastination/AcademicProcrastinationFrequency.pdf|archive-date=2016-07-29}}</ref>

A 1992 study showed that "52% of surveyed students indicated having a moderate to high need for help concerning procrastination."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gallagher |first1=Robert P. |last2=Golin |first2=Anne |last3=Kelleher |first3=Kathleen |journal=Journal of College Student Development |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=301–10 |date=1992 |title=The Personal, Career, and Learning Skills Needs of College Students |url=http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1993-03494-001 |access-date=2018-11-03 |archive-date=2022-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214184132/https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1993-03494-001 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A study done in 2004 showed that 70% of university students categorized themselves as procrastinators while a 1984 study showed that 50% of the students would procrastinate consistently and considered it a major problem in their lives.<ref name=":04">{{Cite journal|last=Klingsieck|first=Katrin B.|date=January 2013|title=Procrastination|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317823704|journal=European Psychologist|volume=18|issue=1|pages=24–34|doi=10.1027/1016-9040/a000138|issn=1016-9040}}</ref>

In a study performed on university students, procrastination was shown to be greater with tasks that were perceived as unpleasant or as impositions than with tasks for which the student believed they lacked the required skills for accomplishing the task.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Norman A. Milgram |author2=Barry Sroloff |author3=Michael Rosenbaum |title=The Procrastination of Everyday Life|journal=Journal of Research in Personality|volume=22|number=2|date=June 1988|pages=197–212|doi=10.1016/0092-6566(88)90015-3}}</ref>

Another point of relevance is that of procrastination in industry. A study from the ''State of the Art'' journal "The Impact of Organizational and Personal Factors on Procrastination in Employees of a Modern Russian Industrial Enterprise published in the Psychology in Russia", helped to identify the many factors that affected employees' procrastination habits. Some of which include intensity of performance evaluations, importance of their duty within a company, and their perception and opinions on management and/or upper level decisions.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Barabanshchikova|first1=Valentina V.|last2=Ivanova|first2=Svetlana A.|last3=Klimova|first3=Oxana A.|date=2018|title=The Impact of Organizational and Personal Factors on Procrastination in Employees of a Modern Russian Industrial Enterprise|journal=Psychology in Russia: State of the Art|volume=11|issue=3|pages=69–85|doi=10.11621/pir.2018.0305|doi-access=free}}</ref>