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Pychyl TA. Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change. New York: TarcherPerigee; 2013. 128 p.
Why we cite it
Accessible research synthesis reframing procrastination as an emotion-regulation problem rather than a time-management problem — a distinction directly relevant to the project’s behavior-change framework. Explains why the intention-action gap persists (we default to “feel good now” at the cost of our future self) and provides research-based strategies for breaking the cycle.
About the author
Timothy A. Pychyl, PhD (Carleton University, 1995; supervisor Brian Little) — Associate Professor of Psychology at Carleton University, Ottawa (recently retired). Cross-appointed to the School of Linguistics and Language Studies. Director of the Centre for Initiatives in Education. Recipient of the 3M National Teaching Fellowship (Canada’s highest university teaching honor), Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations Teaching Award, and inaugural University Medal for Distinguished Teaching. Researching procrastination since 1995. Host of the iProcrastinate podcast and author of the Don’t Delay blog for Psychology Today. Co-edited Procrastination, Health & Well-Being (Elsevier Academic Press, 2016) with Dr. Fuschia Sirois.
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