COVID-19 and procrastination: The struggle to stay motivated in a pandemic

• Main Author: Singapore Management University
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Covid-19; pandemic; motivation; productivity; Developmental Psychology; Place and Environment; Public Health
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_research/191; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lien_research/article/1205/viewcontent/COVID19_and_procastination.pdf

COVID-19 has led to the cancellation of countless internships, travel plans, summer jobs, music concerts and festivals, graduations, conferences, you name it. Fixed deadlines have become fluid, and both short-term and long-term goals are presently at the mercy of something far beyond our control. In...