Also known as "deadline seekers", Active procrastinators prefer to delay tasks in order to self-induce pressure, motivate, and challenge themselves. Active procrastinators exhibit the following behaviors and characteristics:
- Strong perception and control of time.
- High reports of self-efficacy.
- High reports of extrinsic motivation, but low reports of intrinsic motivation.
- Preference for task-oriented coping strategies.

Unlike Passive procrastinators, Active procrastinators are more likely to report lower levels of stress and depression, while reporting higher levels of task completion and satisfaction. Active procrastinators may be hard to distinguish from non-procrastinators without proper learning analytics tools.

Active Procrastinators

The degree of confidence individuals have in their capacity to be creative. It also acts as a mediating factor between Creative ideation and Active procrastination

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The cognitive ability to produce creative ideas. It is part of everyday eminent creativity, and is one of the sources of creativity. It is affected by motivation and other factors.

Creative Ideation

Liu, W., Pan, Y., Luo, X., Wang, L. & Pang, W. (2017). Active procrastination and creative ideation: The mediating role of creative self-efficacy. Personality and Individual Differences, 119, 227-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.07.033

Active procrastination and creative ideation

Creative Self-efficacy

Ways to measure creative ideation

Procrastination can help promote creativity when intrinsic motivation is low.

Creativity and Procrastination

Divergent thinking is a cognitive process characterized by the ability to generate multiple, unique solutions to a problem, often described as 'thinking outside the box.' It is considered a key component of creativity.

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