Procrastination Tendency Scale Test
See how much you delay important tasks and how it affects your day in about 4 minutes. Get clear insights to target problem spots and build better planning and follow-through.
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Procrastination Scale (PS)
Average
46.5
Normal range
34.7 — 58.3
min.
20
max.
100
Majority
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does this questionnaire measure?
It measures the frequency and intensity of delaying intended tasks and decisions. It also reflects difficulties with starting, sustaining, and completing planned activities.
Who can take this questionnaire?
It is suitable for adults and students in educational, counseling, or research settings. Selection of the general or student-focused form should match the respondent’s main context.
How long does it take and how many items are included?
Completion typically takes about 4 minutes. The questionnaire includes 20 statements.
How should responses be completed?
Read each statement and select the response option that best matches typical behavior. Answers should reflect usual patterns rather than a single recent day.
How should the results be interpreted?
Higher scores indicate a stronger tendency to postpone tasks and greater impact on functioning. Results support screening and goal-setting but do not provide a clinical diagnosis.
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Procrastination Tendency Scale Test - Symptoms and Signs
This brief self-report measure assesses an individual’s tendency to delay intended tasks and responsibilities. The Procrastination Tendency Scale is used to characterize procrastination-related patterns that may affect daily functioning across academic, occupational, and personal domains.
The instrument includes 20 items and typically requires about 4 minutes to complete. Responses can help identify the frequency and perceived impact of postponement behaviors and support clinical case formulation or research screening. Results from the Procrastination Tendency Scale should be interpreted in the context of other clinical information and are not, by themselves, diagnostic.
Author: p-steel
Literature: Steel, P. The nature of procrastination: A meta-analytic and theoretical review of quintessential self-regulatory failure. Psychological Bulletin. 2007.; Tice, D. M., & Baumeister, R. F. Longitudinal study of procrastination, performance, stress, and health: The costs and benefits of dawdling. Psychological Science. 1997.; Sirois, F. M., & Pychyl, T. A. Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation: Consequences for future self. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 2013.; Lay, C. H. At last, my research article on procrastination. Journal of Research in Personality. 1986.
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