Resilience as a Moderating Variable between Emotional Regulation and Procrastination

Pages:228-231
S. Suparna (Department of Psychology, SDMPG center, Ujire, Karnataka)

Procrastination is a behavior mainly stemming from regulatory failure affecting people across various domains. Emotional regulation is an effective strategy that uses emotional management and emotional expression to reduce procrastination. Resilience is the ability to withstand adversity and maintain well-being and positive interpersonal relationships. The study aimed to understand if resilience plays a factor in strengthening the role of emotional regulation in decreasing procrastination. 80 participants were selected based on four IT job roles through snowball sampling. Lay’s General Procrastination scale, Emotional regulation questionnaire (Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and resilience assessment quotient was assessed across the participants. The responses were analyzed through moderator analysis using a multiple regression model for the continuous moderating variables. The results of the study indicate that resilience acts as a moderating variable strengthening the negative relationship between cognitive reappraisal and procrastination. While it doesn’t play a significant moderating role between expressive suppression and procrastination. Further, the study implies that organizations could build an educational framework on building resilience on the cognitive reappraisal to boost productive outcomes.