Procrastination as a Fast Life History Strategy

Research has revealed that procrastination—the purposive delay of an intended course of action—is a maladaptive behavior. However, by drawing on an evolutionary life history (LF) approach, the present study proposes that procrastination may be an adaptive fast LF strategy characterized by prioritizi...

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Main Authors: Bin-Bin Chen, Lei Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-02-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704916630314