The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of
academic procrastination, perfectionism, and control with vigilant and
avoidant coping. Overall, our findings were consistent with our hypotheses,
though most relationships were weak. Positive perfectionism was
associated with both coping styles. A generalized desire for control was
associated with avoidant coping and, as expected, a need for preparatory
and preventative control was significantly associated with vigilance.
Vigilance was consistent in its association with all variables as hypothesized.
Surprisingly, the data indicated a negative correlation of procrastination
with avoidant coping. What is avoidant coping and how can we
understand these current findings? If, as Krohne (1989, 1993) proposes,
avoidance is prompted by an intolerance of arousal, then the pattern of
relations between these variables provides some plausible answers.
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