The end of painful procrastination?

• Autores: Jessica Hamzelou
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3140, 2017, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Alexander Rozental at Stockholm University in Sweden and his team have been exploring whether cognitive behavioural therapy can help in ending the painful procrastination. CBT aims to replace problematic behaviours with more useful ones. It can work for some mental health disorders, including phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder. To develop CBT for procrastination, Rozental's team focused on behaviours like setting goals, removing distractions and rewarding successes. The group tried two methods such as weekly, internet-based therapy was given to 48 participants, which provided them with reading materials, exercises to do and advice. And another group of 44 people received fortnightly in-person sessions in groups of 12, led by a pair of therapists.