How to treat procrastination?

Methods to treat procrastination

1. Change understanding

Procrastination is negatively related to some cognitive psychology. Some methods can be used to change these incorrect beliefs. Cognition, such as using positive hints, increasing successful experience and amplifying advantages to gain confidence; changing perfectionism and helping procrastinators analyze the benefits of completing tasks.

2. Positive emotions and regulating motivation

You can change your mood and obtain temporary positive emotions through proper rest, diversion of attention, appropriate relaxation and entertainment, etc. You cannot escape reality and ignore it. Long-term benefits and fundamental solutions to problems. In terms of motivation, task aversion in the nature of the task affects procrastination, so it is necessary to convert the aversive task into a favorite task or attach some rewards.

3. Enhance self-efficacy

Enhancing self-efficacy can prevent procrastination to a large extent. Individuals are encouraged to self-manage themselves during task completion, actively monitor their own behavior and evaluate intervention periods.

4. Give full play to the role of the group

The group atmosphere can provide members with a special situation, full of understanding, care, and trust. Changes in this environment will inevitably cause changes in individual behavior. Change.

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Influencing factors of procrastination

1. Environmental factors

The procrastination behavior of procrastinators and the impact of completing tasks Time pressure is related to temptations from outside sources of entertainment. Procrastinators often find it difficult to resist external temptations, especially the temptations of entertainment, which leads to procrastination behavior.

2. Task characteristics

1. Task difficulty: The difficulty of the task will affect the occurrence of individual procrastination behavior. The more complex the task, the easier it is for people to procrastinate. When a task exceeds one's ability, due to a lack of control over success, one usually uses procrastination to postpone or avoid performing the task

2. Reward and punishment time limit: The reward and punishment time limit of the task also affects the completion of the task. If any reward is timely, it will reduce the delay in completing the task.

3. Task aversion: For tasks that may be boring, frustrating and resentful, people will first choose to avoid them. If they cannot avoid them, they will postpone facing them as much as possible.