ProcrastinationAssessmentScaleforStudents(PASS)

AreasofProcrastination
Foreachofthefollowingactivities,pleaseratethedegreetowhichyoudelayorprocrastinate.
Rateeachitemonanatoescaleaccordingtohowoftenyouwaituntilthelastminutetodo
theactivity.Thenindicateonanatoescalethedegreetowhichyoufeelprocrastinationon
thattaskisaproblem.Finally,indicateonanatoescalethedegreetowhichyouwould
liketodecreaseyourtendencytoprocrastinateoneachtask.
I.WRITINGATERMPAPER
1.Towhatdegreedoyouprocrastinateonthistask?
NeverAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways
Procrastinate
Procrastinate
abcde
2.Towhatdegreeisprocrastinationonthistaskaproblemforyou?
NotAtAllAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways
aProblem
aProblem
abc d
e

3.Towhatextentdoyouwanttodecreaseyourtendencytoprocrastinateonthistask?
DoNotWantSomewhat
Definitely
toDecrease

WanttoDecrease
abc d
e
II.STUDYINGFOREXAMS
4.Towhatdegreedoyouprocrastinateonthistask?
NeverAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways
Procrastinate
Procrastinate
abcde
5.Towhatdegreeisprocrastinationonthistaskaproblemforyou?
NotAtAllAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways

aProblem
aProblem
abc d
e
6.Towhatextentdoyouwanttodecreaseyourtendencytoprocrastinateonthistask?
DoNotWantSomewhat
Definitely
toDecrease

WanttoDecrease
abc d
e
III.KEEPINGUPWITHWEEKLYREADINGASSIGNMENTS
7.Towhatdegreedoyouprocrastinateonthistask?
NeverAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways
Procrastinate
Procrastinate
abcde
8.Towhatdegreeisprocrastinationonthistaskaproblemforyou?
NotAtAllAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways
aProblem
aProblem
abc d
e
9.Towhatextentdoyouwanttodecreaseyourtendencytoprocrastinateonthistask?
DoNotWantSomewhat
Definitely
toDecrease

WanttoDecrease
abc d
e
IV.ACADEMICADMINISTRATIVETASKS:FILLINGOUTFORMS,
REGISTERINGFORCLASSES,GETTINGIDCARD
10.Towhatdegreedoyouprocrastinateonthistask?
NeverAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways
Procrastinate
Procrastinate
abcde
11.Towhatdegreeisprocrastinationonthistaskaproblemforyou?
NotAtAllAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways
aProblem
aProblem
abc d
e

12.Towhatextentdoyouwanttodecreaseyourtendencytoprocrastinateonthistask?
DoNotWantSomewhat
Definitely
toDecrease

WanttoDecrease
abc d
e
V.ATTENDANCETASKS:MEETINGWITHYOURADVISOR,MAKINGAN
APPOINTMENTWITHAPROFESSOR
13.Towhatdegreedoyouprocrastinateonthistask?
NeverAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways
Procrastinate
Procrastinate
abcde
14.Towhatdegreeisprocrastinationonthistaskaproblemforyou?
NotAtAllAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways
aProblem
aProblem
abc d
e
15.Towhatextentdoyouwanttodecreaseyourtendencytoprocrastinateonthistask?
DoNotWantSomewhat
Definitely
toDecrease

WanttoDecrease
abc d
e
VI.SCHOOLACTIVITIESINGENERAL
16.Towhatdegreedoyouprocrastinateonthistask?
NeverAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways
Procrastinate
Procrastinate
abcde
17.Towhatdegreeisprocrastinationonthistaskaproblemforyou?
NotAtAllAlmostNeverSometimesNearlyAlwaysAlways
aProblem
aProblem
abc d
e

18.Towhatextentdoyouwanttodecreaseyourtendencytoprocrastinateonthistask?
DoNotWantSomewhat
Definitely
toDecrease

WanttoDecrease
abc d
e
ReasonsforProcrastination
Thinkofthelasttimethefollowingsituationoccurred.It'sneartheendofthesemester.The
termpaperyouwereassignedatthebeginningofthesemesterisdueverysoon.Youhavenot
begunworkonthispaper.Therearereasonswhyyouhavebeenprocrastinatingonthistask.
Rateeachofthefollowingreasonsona5pointscaleaccordingtohowmuchitreflectswhyyou
procrastinatedatthetime.Markyouranswersonyouranswersheet.
Usethescale:
NotAtAllReflects
Somewhat
DefinitelyReflects
WhyIProcrastinated
Reflects
WhyIProcrastinated
abc d
e
19.

Youwereconcernedtheprofessorwouldn'tlikeyourwork.

20.

Youwaiteduntilaclassmatedidhisorhers,sothathe/shecouldgiveyousomeadvice.

21.

Youhadahardtimeknowingwhattoincludeandwhatnottoincludeinyourpaper.

22.

Youhadtoomanyotherthingstodo.

23.

There'ssomeinformationyouneededtoasktheprofessor,butyoufeltuncomfortable
approachinghim/her.

24.

Youwereworriedyouwouldgetabadgrade.

25.

Youresentedhavingtodothingsassignedbyothers.

26.

Youdidn'tthinkyouknewenoughtowritethepaper.

27.

Youreallydislikedwritingtermpapers.

28.

Youfeltoverwhelmedbythetask.

29.

Youhaddifficultyrequestinginformationfromotherpeople.

30.

Youlookedforwardtotheexcitementofdoingthistaskatthelastminute.

31.

Youcouldn'tchooseamongallthetopics.

32.

Youwereconcernedthatifyoudidwell,yourclassmateswouldresentyou.

33.

Youdidn'ttrustyourselftodoagoodjob.

34.

Youdidn'thaveenoughenergytobeginthetask.

35.

Youfeltitjusttakestoolongtowriteatermpaper.

36.

Youlikedthechallengeofwaitinguntilthedeadline.

37.

Youknewthatyourclassmateshadn'tstartedthepapereither.

38.

Youresentedpeoplesettingdeadlinesforyou.

39.

Youwereconcernedyouwouldn'tmeetyourownexpectations.

40.

Youwereconcernedthatifyougotagoodgrade,peoplewouldhavehigherexpectations
ofyouinthefuture.

41.

Youwaitedtoseeiftheprofessorwouldgiveyousomemoreinformationaboutthe
paper.

42.

Yousetveryhighstandardsforyourselfandyouworriedthatyouwouldn'tbeableto
meetthosestandards.

43.

Youjustfelttoolazytowriteatermpaper.

44.

Yourfriendswerepressuringyoutodootherthings.

InterestinChangingYourProcrastination
45.

Wouldyoubeinterestedinattendingaprogramthatfocusesonovercoming
procrastinationifsuchaprogramwereofferednextsemester?
a.no

b.yes

46.

Howmanyprogramsessionsintotalwouldyoubewillingtoattendifaprocrastination
programwereoffered?
a.none
b.lessthanfive
c.fivetoten
d.morethanten

47.

Howmanysessionsperweekwouldyoubewillingtoattend?
a.none
b.one
c.two
d.three

48.

Whattimewouldbethebestforyouinschedulingsuchaprogram?(Chooseone)
a.none
b.morning
c.lunchtime
d.afternoon
e.evening

49.

Whatdayswouldbethebestforyouinschedulingsuchaprogram?(Chooseone)
a.nodaysaregood
b.weekdays
c.weekends

50.

Howlargeagroupwouldyouprefer?(Chooseone)
a.I'mnotinterestedinsuchaprogram
b.lessthan10peopleinagroup
c.1020peopleinagroup
d.Itdoesn'tmatterhowlargethegroupis

51.

Ifeelthataprogramtoimproveprocrastinationhabitswouldbe:
a.unnecessary
b.somewhatuseful
c.extremelyuseful
d.useful,butnotforme

52.

Whatformatwouldbemostinterestingtoyou?(Chooseone)
a.I'mnotinterestedinsuchaprogram
b.Groupdiscussion
c.Lecture
d.Followingawrittenmanual

e.Acombinationoftheabove