Procrastinating on Social Media

Information/Description

In this survey, share your experiences of procrastination and its consequences.

What’s your gender?

ذكر

انثى

Which age group do you belong in?

Under 12

12-15

16-18

19-24

25-35

36-50

Above 50

Where are you from?

What is the highest education level you have attained?

Elementary School

Middle School

High School

Bachelor

Master and/or Doctorate

To what extend do you agree with the following statements regarding your procrastination on social media?

Questions	Strongly agree	Agree	Not sure	Disagree	Strongly disagree
I procrastinate to avoid working on unpleasant or difficult tasks	Strongly agree	Agree	Not sure	Disagree	Strongly disagree
I procrastinate to change my mood and feel better	Strongly agree	Agree	Not sure	Disagree	Strongly disagree
I procrastinate to distance myself from real-life issues	Strongly agree	Agree	Not sure	Disagree	Strongly disagree
When I receive a notification, I check it and spend time on that despite having other tasks to perform	Strongly agree	Agree	Not sure	Disagree	Strongly disagree
I delay working on my tasks because I am busy checking notifications on social media	Strongly agree	Agree	Not sure	Disagree	Strongly disagree
When I send a message to someone, I keep checking whether they received, read, replied to my message.	Strongly agree	Agree	Not sure	Disagree	Strongly disagree
I procrastinate on social media to maintain positive interaction with people and respond to them on a timely manner	Strongly agree	Agree	Not sure	Disagree	Strongly disagree
When I am involved in chatting, I find it hard to stop and go back to my job	Strongly agree	Agree	Not sure	Disagree	Strongly disagree
On social media, I spend more time than I initially intend due to seeing interesting content suggested to me automatically	Strongly agree	Agree	Not sure	Disagree	Strongly disagree
I don’t consider spending time on social media procrastination	Strongly agree	Agree	Not sure	Disagree	Strongly disagree

Which of the following methods do you find effective in regulating your usage of social media?

Time restriction (e.g. blocking certain apps during work hours or after using them up to certain limit)

Usage reminder (e.g. warning that you are close to the time limit you had set for yourself)

Usage feedback (e.g. reports statistics regarding the time you have spent on different apps)

Task reminder (e.g. reminder of your upcoming task)

Have you ever missed an important deadline or event because you spent too much time procrastinating on social media? What did you miss it? How did you feel? Please share your experience.

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