Procrastination-Stress Interrelationships: The Role of Information Overload in the Contemporary “Remote” Lifestyle

Dear Colleagues,

Procrastination (the postponement of an intended course of action) is a complex and ubiquitous phenomenon involving cognitive, emotional and behavioural components. The negative impact of procrastination on both performance and quality of life has been extensively documented, but a complete understanding of the relationship between procrastination and stress is still a long way off.

Undoubtedly, procrastination and stress are mutually tied, given that procrastination has been reported to be both an antecedent and a consequence of stress. Notwithstanding, the nature of this relationship (as well as its direction) has not been clarified. In addition, the role of contextual factors deserves further investigation. Particularly, the information overload to which we are exposed in our daily interaction with digital systems poses several problems (e.g., distraction, interruption, addiction) that may either result in procrastination or be a correlate of procrastination behaviour. Recent technological changes, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, favoured a “remote” lifestyle (smart working, online schooling, virtual sociality), making the interaction with technology a compelling issue.

The scope of this Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is to provide new insight into the understanding of the relationship between procrastination and stress. We especially encourage the submission of papers that take into consideration the role of problematic use of technology (also due to the pandemic-related restrictions) on procrastination and health-related outcomes. Articles dealing with new approaches to measure and treat procrastination are also welcome.

Research papers, reviews, case reports are welcome to this issue, as well as other manuscript types, including methodological papers, brief reports, and commentaries.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Behavioral Sciences.

Dr. Francesco Di Nocera
Guest Editor

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