Relations of Academic Procrastination, Rationalizations, and Performance in a Web Course with Deadlines

@article{Tuckman2005RelationsOA,
  title={Relations of Academic Procrastination, Rationalizations, and Performance in a Web Course with Deadlines},
  author={Bruce W. Tuckman},
  journal={Psychological Reports},
  year={2005},
  volume={96},
  pages={1015 - 1021},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:35744706}
}
A linear regression suggested academic procrastinators support procrastinating by rationalizing, not self-regulating, and thus put themselves at a disadvantage, with respect to evaluation in highly structured courses with frequent enforced deadlines.
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