Time wasters? The Dark Tetrad and active procrastination
Journal article
Authors | Hughes, Sara and Adhikari, Joanna |
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Abstract | The Dark Triad personality traits have previously been linked with dysfunctional types of procrastination (i.e., delaying certain tasks). From an evolutionary perspective, procrastination is recognized for facilitating a fast life history strategy. The present study investigated links between active and passive procrastination and the extended Dark Tetrad personality traits (psychopathy, Machiavellianism, narcissism, sadism). Participants (N = 357) were invited via Prolific data collection platform and Survey Circle research sites to participate in an online survey exploring personality and procrastination. Path analyses revealed that all Dark Tetrad traits positively predicted several aspects of active procrastination only. Narcissism emerged as the only negative predictor of passive procrastination. Rather than linking these traits with dysfunctional procrastination types only, our results highlight the importance of considering the Dark Tetrad about functional forms of procrastination, which may be more beneficial for facilitating a fast life history strategy |
Keywords | Biological Psychiatry; General Psychology; The Dark Tetrad; Procrastination |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Journal of Individual Differences. |
Journal citation | 43 (2) |
Publisher | Hogrefe Publishing Group |
ISSN | 1614-0001 |
2151-2299 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000357 |
Web address (URL) | https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1027/1614-0001/a000357 |
https://shura.shu.ac.uk/29189/ | |
hdl:10545/626180 | |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 10 Dec 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 20 Dec 2021, 10:51 |
Accepted | 19 Aug 2021 |
Contributors | University of Derby and Sheffield Hallam University |
File | License File Access Level Open |
File | File Access Level Restricted |
File | File Access Level Restricted |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/946q9/time-wasters-the-dark-tetrad-and-active-procrastination
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