Pure Procrastination Scale (PPS)

The 12-item Pure Procrastination Scale (PPS) was created by combining the 12 highest loading items from 3 other procrastination assessments. Respondent indicate their answers to question items on a 5-point Likert Scale ranging from 1 (very seldom or not true of me) to 5 (very often true or true of me). The PPS has been translated into several languages.

Content

Domains
Self Management
Subdomain

Decisional Delay, Irrational Delay, Delay in meeting deadlines/timeliness

Grades
Post secondary
Languages
English
Other Language/s
Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
12 items
Administration
Paper
Timed
No

Access and Use

Open Access
Yes
Use in Research

Rozental, A. et al. (2015). Internet-based cognitive-behavior therapy for procrastination: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83(4), 808-824. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000023

Svartdal, F. et al. (2016). On the measurement of procrastination: Comparing two scales in six European countries. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01307

Wijaya, H. E., & Tori, A. R. (2018). Exploring the role of self-control on student procrastination. International Journal of Research in Counseling and Education, 2(1), 12-18. https://doi.org/10.24036/003za0002

Zuber, S. et al. (2020). Do self-reports of procrastination predict actual behavior?. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 29(4), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1843

Psychometrics

Scoring
Manual scoring
Psychometric References

Steel, P. (2010). Arousal, avoidant, and decisional procrastinators: Do they exist?. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 926-934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.025

Svartdal, F. & Steel, P. (2017). Irrational delay revisited: Examining five procrastination scales in a global sample. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01927

Item Type
Likert

Psychometric Considerations

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