Goal-Setting Training and Self-Regulation: A Treatment for Procrastination
| atmire.migration.oldid | 1179 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Steel, Piers | |
| dc.contributor.author | Morin, Christopher | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-19T19:26:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-12T08:00:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-07-19 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2013 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Negative references to procrastination can be found as far back as 800 BC, and one in five adults today identify themself as a chronic procrastinator. The purpose of this thesis is to develop and deliver a treatment for procrastination. Literature on motivation, goal-setting and self-regulation is reviewed to develop a computer-based procrastination treatment that incorporates principles from the literature. The treatment is tested with undergraduate participants who keep journals of intentions to study versus the time actually spent studying. The treatment reduces the participant’s intention-action gap, but with less efficacy than the individual exercises that compose the treatment. A self-report measure of impulsiveness is found to identify people who will benefit most from the treatment. Experimental literature is reviewed to identify specific improvements to the methodology, literature streams for further review, and a promising field setting for future studies. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Morin, C. (2013). Goal-Setting Training and Self-Regulation: A Treatment for Procrastination (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26312 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26312 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/844 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Haskayne School of Business | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | Business Administration--Management | |
| dc.subject | Psychology--Industrial | |
| dc.subject.classification | Procrastination | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Goal-Setting | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Impulsiveness | en_US |
| dc.title | Goal-Setting Training and Self-Regulation: A Treatment for Procrastination | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Business Administration (MBA) | |
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