PREVALENCE OF PROCRASTINATION AMONG SAMPLES OF ADULTS

At four public meetings, 122 women and 89 men (M age=47.6 yr.) complet ed measures of Decisional, Avoidant, and Arousal Procrastination. Abou t 20% of respondents (42 adults) claimed to be chronic procrastinators , with highest rates of all three procrastination types reported by me mbers of the community (public) groups (n=61) compared to professional (n=54), business (n=59), and educational (n=34) employees. Respondent s who had been married, i.e., separated, divorced, widowed, reported h igher rates of procrastination (independent of number of children) tha n adults who were currently married or never married. Respondents with high-school education or less reported higher rates of decisional pro crastination than individuals with college or postcollege educations.