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Comment author: pjeby 02 January 2011 11:57:36PM 19 points [-]

More recently, Sapadin and Maguire (1997) have also classified procrastinators into types

It would be more accurate to say that these are classifications of types of procrastination patterns; I have personally done every single one of the behaviors described in the quote!

Comment author: shokwave 03 January 2011 01:45:27PM *  0 points [-]

It would be more accurate to say that these are classifications of types of procrastination patterns;

Yes. I was going to point out that the concept that there is some fundamental behavior type that can be attributed to people seems, well, in error.

More likely to be patterns, as you said, and I would guess there are some underlying systems that have these these common patterns as effective solutions for procrastination - but how would you even measure "effective procrastination"? How completely you avoid something?