Adults may require more rigorous psychological evaluation and may need a broader treatment strategy. Their behavior is also more ingrained and less dystonic.
Students are more likely to just have faulty study methods.
Student procrastination may have a different etiology although there may be an overlap. They often need a more short term length of therapy. Procrastination in both cases may have impacted on their social relationships. For both types, Ferrari recommends beginning with psychological testing and a complete case history to rule out major psycho pathologies which are masquerading as procrastination. It is important to screen out anxiety and depression.