It was shown that people who procrastinated frequently had a variety of problems in their life. Procrastinators were more likely to be depressed, unhealthy and broke.
Procrastination is the thief of time, as Charles Dickens is credited with saying, reports Mail Online.
Scientists now believe that it can impair your financial situation, harm your health, and rob your sleep.
According to a survey of 3,500 Swedish students, procrastination was linked to an increased risk of poor sleep, inactivity, and financial difficulties.
According to experts, this is due to the fact that while most people do have a slight inclination to put things off, for other people it is just part of their “general disposition” and can have an impact on how well they do in life.
According to the study, those who frequently “delayed an intended course of action despite expecting to be worse off” run the risk of everything from lower academic performance to general health.
Participants from eight universities pursuing everything from social sciences and technology to economics and medicine were recruited by researchers at the University of Stockholm.
They picked students because of the “high demands on their capacity to self-regulate” created by the high degrees of freedom and lack of structure of university life.
Over a nine-month span, the length of an academic year, they were requested to score a variety of lifestyle issues on a scale from one (“very rarely or does not represent me”) to five (“very often or always represents me”).
This resulted in their procrastination rating, which was then compared to physical, mental, and psychological health issues like loneliness.
Using the average as a baseline, scientists discovered that for every one point increase in procrastination, individuals were 13% more likely to be depressed, as per findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
The researchers discovered that those who dallied were 15% more likely to face financial issues and were less likely to exercise or sleep properly.
The authors conclude: ‘This suggests that procrastination is associated with subsequent mental health problems, disabling pain, unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, and worse psychosocial health factors.
It looks as if we can add another line to the long list of lockdown harms. Sloth.
‘Considering that procrastination is prevalent among university students, these findings may be of importance to enhance the understanding of students’ health.’
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