{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Active Procrastination: Clarifying the Concept","description":"A chat with Shamarukh Chowdhury about her research on active procrastination. Together, we clarify the concept of procrastination and do a little &quot;myth busting&quot; around the concept of active procrastination; a concept that we call an oxymoron that may be better understood as two types of delay - it's not &quot;procrastination&quot; at all. Here's an earlier blog post on this topic, and below that are references to the original studies. https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/dont-delay\/200907\/active-procrastination-thoughts-oxymorons Relevant research references: Chu, A. H. C., &amp;amp; Choi, J. N. (2005). Rethinking procrastination: positive effects of \u201cactive\u201d procrastination behaviour on attitudes and performance. The Journal of Social Psychology, 145(3), 245-264. Choi, J. N., &amp;amp; Moran, S. V. (2009). Why not procrastinate? Development and validation of a new active procrastination scale. Journal of Social Psychology, 149 (2), 195-211. Want to learn more about procrastination? procrastination.ca The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at mattweidinger.com ","author_name":"iProcrastinate Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/iprocrastinate.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4516753\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/12217494"}