scholarly journals Are Decision-Making Styles, Locus of Control, and Average Grades in Exams Correlated with Procrastination in University Students?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 300
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Sagone ◽  
Maria Luisa Indiana
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Decision Making Styles ◽  
Decisional Procrastination ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
The University ◽  
Delay Decision

In this paper decision-making styles, locus of control, and average grades in exams are examined as correlates of procrastination in a sample of 185 university students (mainly female students) recruited from mandatory courses for degrees in psychology and pedagogy at the University of Catania (Italy). Method: We used the Decisional Procrastination Scale (Ferrari, Johnson, & McCown, 1995), consisting of five Likert-type items useful for analyzing the procrastination; the Decision-Making Styles (Di Nuovo & Magnano, 2013), chosen for measuring the doubtfulness, delay, proxy, and no problem styles with 15 Likert-type items; the Locus of Control of Behavior Scale (Craig, Franklin, & Andrews, 1984) used to evaluate internal and external loci of control. The data were gathered through an online anonymous questionnaire and were analyzed using the multiple linear regression model to assess how styles of decision-making, locus of control, and average grades in exams affect the decision to procrastinate in university students. The main findings of this study indicate that doubtfulness and delay decision-making styles correlate with high decisional procrastination together with low average grades at university exams. Locus of control is excluded by the proposed model. Conclusions: These findings suggest pursuing a deeper investigation of the various types of procrastination and the measures used for analyzing the academic achievement in university students.

scholarly journals Comparison of the University Students in Turkey and Central Asia with Regards to Their Characteristics of Thinking, Decision Making and Cognitive Closure

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-318
Author(s):  
Hasan Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
University Students ◽  
Thinking Styles ◽  
Cognitive Closure ◽  
Need For Cognitive Closure ◽  
Decision Making Styles ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The One ◽  
The University ◽  
Different Cultures

The aim of this study is to compare the Turkish, Uzbek and Kyrgyz university students with regards to their thinking and decision making styles and as well as their cognitive closure. 141 Turkish, 69 Uzbek and 89 Kyrgyz students at the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University participated in the study. As the data collection tool, the 15-point version of the thinking styles scale, decision making styles scale and the need for cognitive closure scale were used. The data were examined with the one-way variance analysis and the T2 test of Scheffe and Tamhane was applied to find the source of the difference in groups where a difference was determined. As a result of the study, significant differences were found between the Turkish, Uzbek and Kyrgyz students in 11 of the 13 thinking styles and in 3 of the 5 decision making styles. The highest difference in 3 sample groups was found for the need for cognitive closure. The importance of knowing the thinking and decision making styles of different cultures as a prerequisite for intercultural communication and cooperation was highlighted and some recommendations were made on this matter.

scholarly journals EXAMINATION OF DECISION SELF-ESTEEM AND DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ACCORDING TO METACOGNITION AND LEARNED RESOURCEFULNESS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (48) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
University Students ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Learned Resourcefulness ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Decision Making Styles ◽  
Wilks Lambda ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The University

This is a descriptive study conducted to examine whether decision self-esteem and decision-making styles of university students differ according to metacognition, learned resourcefulness, and gender. The study sample consists of a total of 467 university students. The collected data were analyzed by MANOVA-Wilks’ Lambda(λ) Test, Pillai’s Trace Test, t-test and Discriminant Analysis Test. The study results demonstrate that the niversity students with functional metacognition and high learned resourcefulness have a high levels of self-confident decision making. The university students with functional metacognition and high learned resourcefulness were found to have avoidance, panic, and procrastination decision-making styles which are significantly lower than those of the university students with dysfunctional metacognition and low learned resourcefulness. The study found that female university students have a high levels of panic decision-making style. Key Words: Metacognition, Learned Resourcefulness, Decision Self-Esteem, Decision-Making Styles, University Students

scholarly journals Reliability of self-employment intentions instrument among international students in Indonesian university

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.10) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Mhd Subhan ◽  
Mas’ud Zein ◽  
Akhyar . ◽  
Mohd Hakimie Zainal Abidin ◽  
Sallehudin Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
International Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Future Study ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The University ◽  
College Personnel

This paper examines the validation instrument used to measure the psychometric status of the self-employment intentions. Self-employment intentions are crucial to identify the university students in order to confirm their decision making. They are a questionnaire to measure graduation in university to start choice on their careers. This instrument is composed of 11 items and was carried out to 115 international students studying in one Indonesian higher education. There were 49 male and 66 female respondents involved in this study. The Cronbach’s Alpha value was .94 which strongly suggest that the instrument has an excellent reliability. This study points out that self-employment intentions are suitable to be used by college personnel and counselors to examine and identify self-employment intentions among international students in Indonesian higher education. Implications for future study will also be discussed. 

scholarly journals Factors affecting the locus of control of the university students

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nerguz Bulut Serin ◽  
Oğuz Serin ◽  
F. Sülen Şahin
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Sociodemographic factors influencing smartphone addiction in university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Aznar-Díaz ◽  
Juan-Manuel Trujillo-Torres ◽  
Santiago Alonso-García ◽  
Carmen Rodríguez-Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Statistical Test ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
University Population ◽  
The University

The development of mobile devices has affected the way of life of university students, affecting their daily habits and sometimes their health. Specifically, in recent years a series of illnesses have developed as a result of the constant use of smartphones by the university population, which has come to be catalogued as an at-risk population. The aim of this work was to analyze the sociodemographic factors that influence the smartphone addiction of university students. For the measurement of the levels of addiction, the standardized instrument Smartphone Addiction Scale was used in a sample of 385 students from the University of Granada, Spain. A multiple linear regression model was used as a statistical test, highlighting that the factor influencing smartphone addiction is the time of use. Finally, the study includes a series of implications derived from the results obtained, with the aim of establishing preventive measures to help to mitigate smartphone addiction.

Academic Locus of Control of University Students: A Caribbean Case Study

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1388-1390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur G. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Older Students ◽  
The West ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Academic Locus Of Control ◽  
The University

The Academic Locus of Control Scale was administered to 1089 students (500 males and 589 females) from The University of the West Indies. Statistically significant differences were noted by age (18 to 40 years), with older students scoring more internal, and also by faculty, with students in the Faculty of Arts scoring more internal than peers in other faculties of the university.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Locus of Control With Decision-making Styles among Corporate Managers in Iran

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-146
Author(s):  
Ali Ahmadi ◽  
Rosa Hendijani
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Corporate Managers ◽  
Corporate Executives ◽  
Decision Making Styles ◽  
The Relationship

Emotional intelligence is defined as the facilitator of the perception, expression, attraction, understanding, and regulation of relationships that stimulates intellectual and emotional growth. Those who are more conscious about their emotions have more skills in managing emotional problems. They also have higher decision-making power. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and locus of control with decision-making styles in corporate executives. The research method is descriptive and in terms of nature, it is a correlative study. The statistical population of the research is all managers and supervisors of Iran Khodro Company. The results of this study indicate that there is a strong relationship between emotional intelligence and styles of decision making in managers and supervisors of this company, but there is not a significant relationship between locus of control and decision making styles.

Locus of Control and Academic Efficacy in the Thoughts of Life and Death of Young Quebec University Students

Crisis ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Réal Labelle ◽  
Lise Lachance
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Academic Efficacy ◽  
University Counseling ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Efficacy Expectations ◽  
The University

Abstract: This study evaluated the role of control and efficacy expectations in the thoughts of life and death of 50 male and 50 female university students and investigated sex differences in this regard. It followed a correlational design and employed measures of tridimensional locus of control, expectations of academic efficacy, thoughts of life and death. A comparison of means revealed that male students did not differ from their female counterparts on any of the variables under study. Stepwise regression coefficients indicated that the two cognitive factors accounted more for thoughts of death than for thoughts of life; expectations of academic efficacy were the single variable that most explained variance. Regression equations by sex showed that thoughts of life were associated with internality and expectations of academic efficacy in females, and that thoughts of death were associated with expectations of academic inefficacy in males. The university counseling personnel should be especially sensitive to youths presenting with expectations of externality and of academic inefficacy. The latter variable seems to be particularly important, regardless of sex.

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