Table 1.
Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics in the German population and in the present sample.
Table 2.
Procrastination in the general population according to demographic characteristics.
Fig 1.
Procrastination scores across the life span according to sex.
Note: Post hoc analyses were performed using the Scheffe’-Tests revealing 1>2–6; 2>4,5; 3>5. Age group 14–29 yrs.: Ntotal = 423; Nmale = 208; Nfemale = 215; 30–39 yrs.: Ntotal = 339; Nmale = 153; Nfemale = 186; 40–49 yrs.: Ntotal = 462; Nmale = 213; Nfemale = 249; 50–59 yrs.: Ntotal = 501; Nmale = 229; Nfemale = 272; 60–69 yrs.: Ntotal = 420; Nmale = 211; Nfemale = 209; ≥ 70 yrs.: Ntotal = 371; Nmale = 157; Nfemale = 214.
Table 3.
Correlations between procrastination, age, income, depression, anxiety, fatigue, stress and the domains of life satisfaction (N = 2506–2521).
Table 4.
Predictors of procrastination.