Procrastination & Health News
Newsflash!
- Dr. Sirois was interviewed by Dr. Tim Pychyl on counterfactual thinking and procrastination for a podcast on iProcrastinate Podcast, on Monday January 18, 2010. In this podcast Dr. Sirois discusses how counterfactual thoughts - imagining better or worse possibe outcomes when thngs don't work out the way we had hoped - can contribute to problems in regulating behaviour. You can hear the podcast by clicking here. Dr. Pychyl also runs a blog on Psychology Today and has featured Dr. Sirois's work on counterfactuals in an entry titled Avoiding What Might Have Been.
- Dr. Sirois was interviewed on the 95-9 FM CJWF-FM Mitch & Mel in the Morning show on January 8, 2010 about procrastination and New Year's resolutions.
- Dr. Sirois was interviewed on the AM800 CKLW afternoon news with Paul McDonald on December 30, 2009 about procrastinating on New Year's resolutions.
- Dr. Sirois gave a talk at York University on October 5, 2009 titled Blame it on time: Time-related perfectionism, health and well-being for the Health Psychology Graduate Diploma Program Seminar.
- The 6th Biennial Procrastination Research conference was held this year at York University in Toronto, ON, on August 4 to 5, just before the APA convention.
The theme for this year's 10th anniversary conference was procrastination, stress, and well-being and features an international line up of speakers from Canada and the US.
The final program is posted on the conference web site: http://www.uwindsor.ca/procrastination2009. Registration information will be available in May.
- Dr. Sirois appeared on the TV show Positive Living. In this episode (#112) Dr. Sirois will be talking about the links between anxiety, procrastination, and well-being, and then offer some tips on how to break out of anxiety/procrastination cycle.
- Click here for more details about broadcast dates and times featured in this University of Windsor Daily News feature.
- Click here for more details about the show.
Media Coverage
Not surprisingly, the idea that procrastination may be bad for your health has attracted some attention from the media. Dr. Sirois's research on this topic has been featured by media such as The New Scientist, Scientific American Mind, CBC Radio and television, and the Canada.com group. Below is a listing of select interviews and press stories on the topic since Dr. Sirois research findings on the links between procrastination and health were first released in 2002.
- Keep your 'identity goals' to yourself, scientists advise.
Vancouver Sun, May 2, 2009. This story also appeared in the Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Victoria Times Colonist, Montreal Gazette, and Nanaimo Daily News
Dr. Sirois comments on research findings regarding the effects of sharing one's identity-related goal intentions.
- Procrastination and Healthy New Year's Resolutions.
Radio coverage December 2008, January 2009: CBC Radio; AM800 Windsor; C-FAX Radio Victoria, BC; CKYL Radio Peace River, Alberta; CJOB Radio Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Procrastinating Again? How to Kick the Habit
Scientific American Mind, November 2008
- Just Do it!
Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), featured researcher
- Stressed Out.
University of Windsor Alumni Magazine, Summer 2008
- Procrastination and New Year's resolutions
CBC Radio Ontario Today, call-in show, January 2008
- Beating the Odds: Do Certain Factors Boost Your Chances for Fitness Success?
Windsor Star, January 10, 2008.
- Procrastination: The Thief of Time (Full content available here)
New Scientist, December 2007
- Procrastinators Let Their Health Slip.
Vancouver Sun, December 2007. (Also the Windsor Star, the Calgary Herald, and the Edmonton Journal through the Can West News Service)
- I'll Do It Later: Academic Procrastination among College Students.
Harvard Brain: The Journal of the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, and Behavior, May 2007
- Delaying Tasks Can Bury You, Literally.
Detroit Free Press, 2007
- Stress Management Real Life Story - Procrastination Has Negative Health Effects.
The San Diego Daily Aztec, March 9, 2005.
- A Little Procrastination: Everybody Does It.
The Weather Vane, October 23, 2003
- Procrastination in College Students Is a Marker for
Unhealthy Behaviors, Study Indicates.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 26, 2002
