Effect of Procrastination on Emotional Health of Young Adults

AUTHOR(S)

RESHMA PRASAI

ABSTRACT

—— Procrastination is an intended individual act of delaying stressful or unpleasant tasks and replacing them with less important ones. While procrastination is widely practiced by everyone occasionally, there is a fine line between casual procrastination and chronic procrastination,the latter of which can significantly harm the overall quality of life. Chronic procrastination affects the holistic aspects of young adults including social, physical, psychological and emotional wellbeing The paper gives insight to various theories contributing to the cause of procrastination, types and stages of procrastination along with the emphasis on how procrastination affects behavioral, cognitive and physiological health of the young adults as a result of disruption in emotional health. Keywords — Procrastination, mental health, emotional health, young adult