scholarly journals Academic procrastination behaviours and problematic internet usage of high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic period

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-17
Author(s):  
Murat Tezer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
School Students ◽  
National Education ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Relationship

  While Covid-19 pandemic created negative consequences in education as a virus affecting the world in general, the technological developments that came along with it are reshaping the entire world. This study aims to examine the relationship between academic procrastination behaviors and problematic Internet usage of high school students during the Covid-19 Pandemic period. This study is in the form of a descriptive survey, and the survey method was used in the study. The population of the study in the 2020-2021 academic year consisted of 350 students who studied in vocational schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education and Culture in Northern Cyprus. The sample of the research consisted of 350 students selected by convenience sampling method. In this study, academic procrastination and problematic internet usage scales were used as data collection tools. As a result, in the Pandemic Period, the relationship between male students' problematic internet usage and academic procrastination behaviors is significantly higher than that of female students. As academic procrastination behaviors of students decrease, so did problematic internet usage levels.   Keywords: academic procratination, Covid-19,high school, internet usage;  

scholarly journals Examining the relationship between academic procrastination behaviours and problematic Internet usage of high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic period

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-156
Author(s):  
Administrative Editor ◽  
Pelin Ulgener ◽  
Huseyin Minalay ◽  
Ayhan Ture ◽  
Ulku Tugutlu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Relationship

Although Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic created negative consequences in education as a virus affecting the world, in general, the technological developments experienced today are reshaping the entire world. This study aims to examine the relationship between academic procrastination behaviours and problematic Internet usage of high school students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. This study is in the form of a descriptive survey, and the survey method was used in the study. The population of the study in the 2020–2021 academic year consisted of 350 students who studied in vocational schools affiliated to the Northern Cyprus. In this study, academic procrastination and problematic Internet usage scales were used as data collection tools. As a result, in the Pandemic Period, the relationship between male students' problematic Internet usage and academic procrastination behaviours is significantly higher than that of female students. In the first years of high school, problematic Internet usage of students was seen to be higher than in the later years. Problematic Internet usage of students is increasing according to the frequency of Internet usage. It has been observed that the academic procrastination behaviours of high school students also increase during the day due to their stay connected to the Internet. As problematic Internet usage of students decreases, general grade point average (GPAs) increase. As academic procrastination behaviours of students decrease, their GPAs increase. As academic procrastination behaviours of students decrease, so do problematic Internet usage levels. In general, students reported that they rarely had problematic Internet usage and that they had a number of academic procrastination behaviours.

scholarly journals Relationship between Emotional Maturity and Altruistic Behaviour among High School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 10065-10070
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Private School ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Emotional Maturity ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
The Relationship

Emotional maturity indicates the state of mind where an individual can balance his/ her emotions and know how to handle the hard situation without feeling panic. The objectives of the study is to find out the relationship between emotional maturity and altruistic behaviour in relation to high school student’s gender, place of residence and type of school management. In the present study, the researchers adopted normative survey method with simple random sampling to select a sample of 160 high school students aged 14 –16 years in Sonitpur district of Assam. The researcher collected and analyzed the data statistically by using mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The findings of this study indicate that emotional maturity and altruistic behaviour has positive (relationship and there is a significant mean difference in emotional maturity among male and female students, rural and urban, and government and private school students.

scholarly journals Hubungan Antara Orientasi Nilai (Value Orientation) dengan Perilaku Pro Lingkungan (Pro Environmental Behavior) Siswa

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-164
Author(s):  
Ayu Awalia Rahman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Value Orientation ◽  
Reliability Coefficient ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
First Semester ◽  
The Relationship

Pro environmental behavior is a person's activity that aims to improve the quality of the environment and reduce the environmental impact of one's actions that can damage the environment which can be seen from several factors. One of the factors is value orientation. This study aims to determine the relationship between value orientation and pro environmental behavior in high school students in Jakarta. The study was conducted at 71 Jakarta High School in the first semester of the 2019/2020 Academic Year. The method used is a survey method with correlational techniques. The samples used was 100 students of class XI MIPA who were randomly selected. Data was collected using value orientation instruments (biospheric, altruistic and egoistic) with a sample reliability coefficient of 0.770 and a pro environmental behavior with a sample reliability coefficient of 0.868. Data analysis was performed with a simple linear regression test to measure the magnitude of the relationship used the Pearson Product Moment formula at a significance level of 5%. The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between value orientation and pro environmental behavior. The correlation coefficient of this research is 0.338. The contribution of value orientation variables to students' pro environmental behavior variables was 14.1%. Therefore, value orientation has a role in pro-environmental behavior of students.    

scholarly journals Examination of high school students' attitudes towards homework, procrastination behaviors and efficacy beliefs

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 01005
Author(s):  
Canan Koçak Altundağ
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efficacy Belief ◽  
Social Efficacy ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between high school students' academic procrastination behaviors, efficacy beliefs, and attitudes towards homework. This study has shown that students with low academic and/or social efficacy belief engage in more academic procrastination behavior than those with high academic and/or social efficacy belief and that students with high academic, social, and/or emotional efficacy belief have a more positive attitude towards homework than those with low academic, social, and/or emotional efficacy belief. There was no significant statistical difference in academic procrastination behavior based on low or high emotional efficacy belief. This study examines the relationship between high school students' efficacy beliefs, academic procrastination behaviors, and their attitude towards homework in order to address the fact that in the literature there was no study on the correlation between efficacy belief and both academic procrastination and attitude towards homework.

scholarly journals Academic Procrastination in Study Habits and Its Relationship with Self-Reported Executive Functions in High School Students

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Study Habits ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
School Students ◽  
Behavior Rating Inventory ◽  
Widespread Phenomenon ◽  
The Relationship

Procrastination is a widespread phenomenon in educational settings. This study aimed to determine the relationship between academic procrastination regarding study habits and self-reported executive functions in high school students. In a sample of 52 students, the following instruments were applied: Academic Procrastination Scale (APS), Study Habits Inventory (SHI), Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF®) and as a control variable, anxiety was measured using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The results indicated that high school students had moderate procrastination scores that were negatively correlated with the SHI scores. A significant correlation was also found between the APS and the scales associated with the Metacognition Index (MI) as measured by BRIEF®. It is concluded that students who procrastinate have difficulty organizing, planning and assimilating school content. The implementation of strategies for study habits in high school students is suggested, which would result in an impact on their metacognition.

scholarly journals Internet Addiction and Its Relationship with Family Functioning in High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
Zahra Harsej ◽  
◽  
Nasrin Mokhtari Lakeh ◽  
Farzaneh Sheikholeslami ◽  
Ehsan KazemnezhadLeili ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Statistical Relationship ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Family-related factors play an important role in adolescent’s addiction to the Internet. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between Internet addiction and family functioning in high school students. Materials and Methods: This is an analytical study with a cross-sectional design conducted on 796 high school students in Rasht city, Iran who were selected using multi-stage cluster random sampling method. Data collection tools were a demographic form, the Young’s Internet Addiction Test, and the Family Assessment Device. Chi-Square test and rank-ordered logistic regression analysis were used for data analysis. Results:The response rate of of students was 86.81%; 85.7% had at least two family members who were using the Internet; 71.2% of students had no addiction, 27.5% were exposed to Internet addiction and 1.3% had Internet addiction. The majority (65.0%) of studnets had unhealthy family functioning. The relationship between Internet addiction and family functioning was statistically significant (P=0,001). There was a significant statistical relationship between Internet addiction and family income (P= 0.003), fatherchr('39')s job (P=0.001), and duartion of internet usage per day (P=0.001). Logistic regression model showed that the family functioning score (OR=1.02, 95% CI;1.01-1.04, P=0.001), duration of Internet usage per day (OR=1.02, 95% CI;1.11-1.20, P=0.0001), and gender (male) (OR=1.02, 95% CI;1.26-2.58, P=0.001) significantly affected Internet addiction. Conclusion:Due to the direct statistical relationship between Internet addiction and family functioning, it is necessary to pay serious attention to the phenomenon of Internet addiction and make appropriate plans for adolescents and their families to use the Internet properly.

scholarly journals Investigation of the relationship between high school students’ academic procrastination behaviors and their use of social mediaLise öğrencilerinin akademik erteleme davranışları ve sosyal medya kullanımları arasındaki ilişkilerin incelenmesi

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ercan Gürültü ◽  
Levent Deniz
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Type ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
School Students ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship

The main aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between high school students’ academic procrastination and their use of social media. The sample of this study consisted of 473 students From 6 different schools of Eyüp district in İstanbul in 2014-2015 academic year. To indentify students’ academic procrastination behaviors, ‘Academic Procrastination Scale’, developed by Çakıcı (2003), was applied. A twelve item questionnare, which was developed by researchers, was used in order to determine students ‘personal information and their use of social media. The results show that high school students’ academic procrastination behavior levels are upper medium and they use social media very often. Male students show more academic procrastination behaviors in terms of gender and Anatolian high school students present more academic procrastination behaviors in terms of school type. It is also concluded that high school students academic procrastination and use of socail media differs in terms of clasroom level, the use of socail media, frequency of occurrence, avarage time for daily use etc. In conclusion, high school students who use social media for a longer time and more often show higher level of academic procrastination behaviors. ÖzetBu araştırmanın genel amacı lise öğrencilerinin akademik erteleme davranışları ve sosyal medya kullanımları arasındaki ilişkilerin incelenmesidir.Araştırmanın örneklemini 2014-2015 eğitim-öğretim yılında İstanbul ili Eyüp ilçesindeki 6 farklı okulda öğrenim gören 473 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Öğrencilerin akademik erteleme davranışlarını belirlemek için Çakıcı (2003) tarafından geliştirilen “Akademik Erteleme Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Öğrencilerin demografik bilgilerini ve sosyal medya kullanım durumlarını saptamak için ise araştırmacılar tarafından düzenlenen 12 sorudan oluşan bir anket kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada genel olarak lise öğrencilerinin akademik erteleme davranışı seviyelerinin orta seviyenin üzerinde olduğu ve sosyal medyayı yoğun olarak kullandığı verilerine ulaşılmıştır. Cinsiyet açısından yapılan karşılaştırmalarda erkek öğrencilerin, okul türü açısından yapılan karşılaştırmalarda ise Anadolu Lisesi’nde okuyan öğrencilerin daha fazla akademik erteleme davranışı gösterdiği bulgularına ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca lise öğrencilerinin akademik erteleme davranışları ve sosyal medya kullanımlarının sınıf seviyesi, sosyal medya kullanım yılı, kullanım sıklığı, günlük ortalama kullanım süresi gibi değişkenler açısından farklılaştığı belirlenmiştir. Sonuçlar genel olarak, sosyal medyayı daha uzun süredir ve daha sık kullanan öğrencilerin akademik erteleme davranışlarının daha yüksek olduğunu göstermektedir. 

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