دراسة تنبؤیه للعوامل المسهمة فی التلکؤ الأکادیمی لدى طلاب الجامعة A Predictive Study of the Factors Contributing to Academic Procrastination among Undergraduate Students

This study aims to identify the level of academic procrastination among a group of students and its correlation with parenting styles. A sample of 685 male and female undergraduate students was chosen from many different faculties at the Hashemite University. Two questionnaires; academic procrastination and parenting styles, were administrated to members of the sample during the academic year 2013/2014. Results indicated that few students (7%) showed a high level of academic procrastination, over half of the students (67%) showed a medium level and approximately a quarter of students (26%) showed a low level of academic procrastination, there was no significant differences between male and female in academic procrastination scores. Final results indicated a significant positive correlation between academic procrastination and parenting styles.

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Predictors of Health Behaviors Among Undergraduate Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Predictive Study

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare ◽

10.2147/jmdh.s306718 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Volume 14 ◽

pp. 727-734

Author(s):

Wanich Suksatan ◽

Bovornpot Choompunuch ◽

Apinya Koontalay ◽

Vachira Posai ◽

Ali H Abusafia

Keyword(s):

Health Behaviors ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Predictive Study

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Loneliness and Problematic Internet Use (PIU) as Causes of Academic Procrastination

International Journal of Social Science Studies ◽

10.11114/ijsss.v6i2.2834 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 113 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Esther Widhi Andangsari ◽

Achmad Djunaidi ◽

Efi Fitriana ◽

Diana Harding

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Young People ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Self Report ◽

The Internet ◽

Academic Procrastination ◽

Equation Modelling ◽

Language Data ◽

Age Range

It is now undeniable that young people and the Internet has become inseparable. Nonetheless, the uncontrolled use of it causes many problems among young adults including academic procrastination. Previous studies stated that academic procrastination lead to low of academic achievement. The reason of why young adults use the internet excessively and got negative outcomes in academic life did not stated clearly. The objective of this study was to find out the empirical evidence of PIU as a mediator between loneliness and academic procrastination. Sample consisted of 320 undergraduate students from 10 universities. Age range was 17-25 years old (M=20.17, SD=1.49). They were given three self-report questionnaires such as GPIUS2, SELSA, and TPS. Those instruments were adapted in Indonesian language. Data were analyzed with Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The results showed that the model was good fit (χ2=416.541, df=205, p<0.001, CFI=0.902, TLI=0.879, SRMR=0.068, RMSEA=0.057, 90% CI:0.049-0.065, p good to fit 0.05). This study give contribution on loneliness, PIU, and academic procrastination as one model. It also gives implication of social media using among young people and policy making in universities about students life.

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Prokrastinasi Akademik Mahasiswa Tingkat Akhir pada Masa Pandemi COVID-19

Jurnal Psikologi Teori dan Terapan ◽

10.26740/jptt.v11n3.p278-292 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 278

Author(s):

Riza Noviana Khoirunnisa ◽

Miftakhul Jannah ◽

Damajanti Kusuma Dewi ◽

Satiningsih Satiningsih

Keyword(s):

Distance Learning ◽

Survey Research ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Academic Procrastination ◽

Academic Problems ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

The University ◽

Academic Lives

The COVID-19 pandemic is currently affecting education bodies including universities. The negative impacts of pandemic on students’ academic lives cannot be underestimated primarily on the final-year undergraduate students who are working on their thesis. Various obstacles encountered by the students due to the distance learning applied by universities in responding to the pandemic can cause academic problems including procrastination. The main impact of academic procrastination on students is the delay in graduation that affects both the students’ future careers and the image of the university. The study aims to describe the academic procrastination of the final-year students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a survey research that applied saturated samples for recruiting subjects. A number of 224 final-year students were involved. Data was collected using an academic procrastination questionnaire and was analysed descriptively using a statistic program. The results showed that the academic procrastination among the participants was in the moderate category. The residence of the participants who are working on their thesis from homes indicate the connection with academic procrastination. In contrast, gender and the entry year are not proved as the factors that affect the students’ academic procrastination. Keywords: Academic procrastination, COVID-19 pandemic, students Abstrak: Pandemi COVID-19 telah berdampak pada pendidikan tinggi. Dampak negatif tidak dapat diabaikan dalam kegiatan pembelajaran terlebih pada mashasiswa semester akhir yang sedang mengerjakan skripsi. Berbagai kendala yang ditemui mahasiswa menimbulkan prokrastinasi akademik. Dampak dari prokrastinasi akade-mik adalah tertundanya kelulusan yang mempengaruhi baik masa depan mahasiswa maupun citra perguruan tinggi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran prokrastinasi akademik mahasiswa tingkat akhir dalam masa pandemi COVID-19. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei yang merekrut subjek menggunakan teknik sampling jenuh dengan jumlah subjek penelitian sebesar 224 orang. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan skala prokrastinasi akademik dan dianalisis secara deskriptif dengan bantuan program statistik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan prokrastinasi akademik pada subjek berada pada kategori sedang. Tempat tinggal ditemukan menjadi faktor yang berkaitan dengan prokrastinasi akademik selama mengerjakan skripsi dari rumah. Namun, jenis kelamin dan tahun masuk universitas tidak terbukti sebagai faktor yang mempengaruhi prokrastinasi akademik mahasiswa.

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A Pilot Study of the Relationship Between Parenting Style and Academic Procrastination Among Final Year Students of Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) ◽

10.47405/mjssh.v4i7.314 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (7) ◽

pp. 152-167

Author(s):

Fasya Sulaiman ◽

Mohammad Mujaheed Hassan

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Parenting Style ◽

Parenting Styles ◽

Human Ecology ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Early Adulthood ◽

Academic Procrastination ◽

Short Period ◽

Common Behaviour ◽

The Relationship

Academic procrastination is a behaviour which can be defined as putting off, delay, prolong, defer, stall, or postpone in performing tasks related to the academic. Academic procrastination is not a new phenomenon but it is a common behaviour especially among students as previous research has found that approximately 75% of students consider themselves as procrastinators. This issue is very much related to the “Student Syndrome” where student only starts to make themselves work in completing the task instantly right before the due date and leaving them with a very short period of time to complete it. There were many previous researchers that had investigated the factors that causing academic procrastination and one of the most common factors are parenting style. However, the pattern of the previous results was inconsistent. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate in deep on the relationship between the motivational aspects of parenting style to academic procrastination with focusing among the undergraduate students who are in their final year from Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The research design of this study is a quantitative research and for that reason, a set of questionnaire was distributed to 148 respondents. Result shows that 52.7% of the final year students perceived at high level of academic procrastination. Apart from that, the result also shows that there is no significant relationship between gender and parenting styles to academic procrastination. As a conclusion, academic procrastination is a common behaviour among final year students. However, parenting styles does not affecting academic procrastination due to the students’ age which can be categorised as early adulthood which at this age, parenting style factors does not give an impact on academic procrastination.

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNED HELPLESSNESS AND ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION AMONG UNDERGRADUATES OF UNIVERSTY OF LAGOS

Caleb Journal of Social and Management Science ◽

10.26772/cjsms2021060104 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 06 (01) ◽

pp. 70-88

Author(s):

Sylvester Ororume ATIRI ◽

◽

Titilayo ONOFUYE ◽

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Learned Helplessness ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Self Report ◽

Male Students ◽

Academic Procrastination ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Psychological Instruments ◽

The University

The study examined learnt helplessness on academic procrastination among undergraduate students in the University of Lagos, with the aim of determining the influence of learned helplessness on academic procrastination. It also examined sex differences in academic procrastination. The study involved a cross sectional survey of 250 undergraduates, 125 females and 125 males. A paper and pencil self-report research protocol that, included questions that requested the bio-data of those involved in the study and two standardized Psychological instruments namely; The Learned helplessness scale (LHS), and the General Procrastination Scale (GPS) was used to gather data. The finding of the study shows that, a significant positive relationship exists between academic procrastination and learned helplessness (r= 0.295, p= 0.000, p< 0.01, 2 tailed). The finding also, shows, no significant sex difference on the level of academic procrastination among female and male students (t= -2.022, p= 0.044, p> 0.05). This implies that neither the male or female respondents reported a higher level of academic procrastination. The study concluded that, learned helplessness influences academic procrastination among undergraduate students.

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