Abstract
The article considers the issue of the relationship between the phenomenon of procrastination and creative thinking. One of the most common factors that hinder personal and professional effectiveness is procrastination. There is a hypothesis that people with high levels of procrastination have correspondingly well-developed creative thinking, which endows them with the ability to solve problems outside the box and quickly adapt to situations.1 We consider procrastination as a psychological pattern of behavior characterized by person's delaying planned actions or decision-making followed by negative emotional experiences. Literature analysis has shown that procrastination influences creative activity, which leads to the assumption that people with higher levels of procrastination have a higher level of creativity. Upon conducting our research, we uncovered the following pattern: students with a high level of procrastination are more inclined to such factors as risk-taking and fantasy; students with a low level are more likely to present curiosity and task complexity; and students with an average level of procrastination are equally likely to present both factors.
Highlights
The number of procrastinating young people is growing
There is a hypothesis that people with high levels of procrastination have correspondingly well-developed creative thinking, which endows them with the ability to solve problems outside the box and quickly adapt to situations
Spada concluded that procrastination stimulates the creativity of the individual, that is, a person is able to create a more original idea, postponing sorting out a problem situation for later
Summary
The number of procrastinating young people is growing. According to the data, between 80 and 95% students of higher educational establishments procrastinate from time to time, and approximately 75% of them consider themselves "chronic procrastinators" and almost 50% of students postpone important things systematically. There is a hypothesis that people with high levels of procrastination have correspondingly well-developed creative thinking, which endows them with the ability to solve problems outside the box and quickly adapt to situations. The aim of our research is to analyze and empirically study the psychological features of the influence of procrastination levels on students' creative thinking.
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