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标题：Should We Start with an Easy Task Having a Short Deadline, or a Difficult Task Having a Long Deadline
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作者：Miki Adachi ; Keisuke Adachi
期刊名称：Psychology
印刷版ISSN：2152-7180
电子版ISSN：2152-7199
出版年度：2021
卷号：12
期号：11
页码：1878-1885
DOI：10.4236/psych.2021.1211113
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：Prior studies have investigated people’s task-order decisions, whether people put off a task or start the task as soon as possible. However, the effect of the time frame, whether the task has a long or a short deadline, on task order decisions has not been clarified. We hypothesized that 1) starting a series of tasks with a difficult task when given a long deadline is related to increased self-control; 2) starting with an easy task given a long deadline is related to reduced self-control and starting with an easy task given a short deadline enhances well-being and self-control. A cross-sectional study (N = 1085, 21 - 78 years age) supported these hypotheses. These findings are extended current knowledge by identifying differences in the time frame and expected to clarify how people make task order decisions.
关键词：Task Order;Procrastination;Pre-Crastination;Self-Control