HOW THIS TEST WORKS
How Am I a Procrastinator? works
How version core-v1 is scored, and what it can and cannot tell you.
How it is scored
Procrastination means putting off something you planned to do, even though you expect to be worse off for waiting. A large review of research found that it is linked to how unpleasant a task feels, how easily we get distracted, and how far away the reward is (Steel, 2007). Other research shows that people often put things off to feel better in the moment (Sirois and Pychyl, 2013), and that the last-minute rush tends to bring more stress and lower-quality work (Tice and Baumeister, 1997).
This test looks at five areas: putting things off, avoiding bad feelings, getting distracted, last-minute rush, and not knowing where to start. Each area has eight sentences. Half describe the habit and half describe the opposite, so you cannot get a high score just by agreeing with everything. Each answer gives 0 to 4 points.
Each area score runs from 0 to 100. Your overall score is the average of the five areas. Scores are read as Low (0 to 33), Medium (34 to 66), or High (67 to 100). These levels show how you answered. They do not compare you with other people.
PersonalitySite.com wrote all of these questions and descriptions. They are not copied from any other test.
What it cannot tell you
This test is for learning about yourself. It is not a diagnosis. It cannot tell you if you have ADHD, depression, or any other condition. Do not use it to make health, work, or school decisions about anyone.
People tend to answer in ways that make them look good. Your answers can also change with your mood, your sleep, and how busy you are.
This version has not yet been tested with a large group of people, so we do not yet know how accurate it is.