The Contribution of Metacognitions and Attentional Control to Decisional Procrastination

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• 作者：Bruce A. Fernie ; Ann-Marie McKenzie…
• 关键词：Attentional control ; Metacognitions ; Procrastination
• 刊名：Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：34
• 期：1
• 页码：1-13
• 全文大小：392 KB
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• 作者单位：Bruce A. Fernie (1) (2)
  Ann-Marie McKenzie (3)
  Ana V. Nikčević (4)
  Gabriele Caselli (3) (5) (6)
  Marcantonio M. Spada (3)
  
  1. Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
  2. Cascaid, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  3. Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK
  4. Department of Psychology, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK
  5. Studi Cognitivi, Milan, Italy
  6. Sigmund Freud University, Milano, Italy
  
• 刊物主题：Psychology, general; Clinical Psychology; Community and Environmental Psychology; Education (general); Psychiatry; Public Health;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-6563

文摘

Earlier research has implicated metacognitions and attentional control in procrastination and self-regulatory failure. This study tested several hypotheses: (1) that metacognitions would be positively correlated with decisional procrastination; (2) that attentional control would be negatively correlated with decisional procrastination; (3) that metacognitions would be negatively correlated with attentional control; and (4) that metacognitions and attentional control would predict decisional procrastination when controlling for negative affect. One hundred and twenty-nine participants completed the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21, the Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire 30, the Attentional Control Scale, and the Decisional Procrastination Scale. Significant relationships were found between all three attentional control factors (focusing, shifting, and flexible control of thought) and two metacognitions factors (negative beliefs concerning thoughts about uncontrollability and danger, and cognitive confidence). Results also revealed that decisional procrastination was significantly associated with negative affect, all measured metacognitions factors, and all attentional control factors. In the final step of a hierarchical regression analysis only stress, cognitive confidence, and attention shifting were independent predictors of decisional procrastination. Overall these findings support the hypotheses and are consistent with the Self-Regulatory Executive Function model of psychological dysfunction. The implications of these findings are discussed. Keywords Attentional control Metacognitions Procrastination