Structural model of the metacognitive beliefs and effect of self-esteem on academic procrastination among university students

The present study aims at examining the extent, to which personality traits, goal orientations, academic self-efficacy belief and self-esteem explain the academic procrastination behaviors of university students within the framework of a mode. To this end, a model was created and a model test was performed in order to determine the direct and indirect effects of the research variables within the compass of a cause and effect relationship. In the present research in which a causative comparative pattern was used, the research group consists of 630 university students in total from different grades, 406 of whom are female and 224 of whom are male. In the data collection phase of the present research," Aitken Academic Procrastination Scale", "Adjective Based Personality Test", "Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale", "Achievement Goals Scale", "Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale" and "Academic Self Efficacy Scale" were used. It was found that the academic procrastination behaviors of university students are directly and indirectly related to personality traits, success orientation, academic self efficacy belief and self esteem within the framework of a cause and effect relationship

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Index Developing and Modelling the Factors of Academic Procrastination among University Students

Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) ◽

10.47405/mjssh.v5i9.482 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (9) ◽

pp. 63-75

Author(s):

Ahmad Shahrizal Bin Amran ◽

Malina Binti Zulkifli

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Learning Style ◽

Percent Level ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Academic Procrastination ◽

Positive Relation ◽

Explanatory Variables ◽

Independent Variables ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Level Of Significance

Procrastination is a very common and becomes a problem among students nowadays. Procrastination will give the negative effect on the learning style of students, resulting in their low achievements in performing tasks and examination of maybe it will cause failure in the examinations, resulting in anxiety and also depression next lowering in their morale. This study aims to develop an index of procrastination and to model the factors of procrastination among university students. The factors that have been considered in this study are self-esteem, lack of motivation, overconfidence and social problems. The sample of 203 students of year 1 and year 3 had been selected using the stratified sampling. In developing the index, the weightage is very important. The index developed has been categorized into 4 categories, Low Academic Procrastination (0.24 and below), Average Academic Procrastination (0.25 to 0.50), Above Average Academic Procrastination (0.51 to 0.75) and High Academic Procrastination (0.76 and above). Study also reveal that there is no significant mean different in Gender, Year of Study and Type of Program. Furthermore, from the Pearson’s Correlation Analysis result found that all the explanatory variables (lack motivation, self-esteem, confidence level and overconfidence) having the positive relation relationship with the dependent variable even it contribute the weak relationship. Among the four of independent variables only two variable were significant and 5 percent level of significance which are Lack of motivation and Overconfidence. Finding revealed that variable lack of motivation is the most influent factor towards academic procrastination.

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The Relationship between Self-esteem and Reading Motivation: Moroccan EFL University Students as a Case Study

International Journal of Linguistics Literature & Translation ◽

10.32996/ijllt.2021.4.3.5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 42-53

Author(s):

Abdelouahed Bouih ◽

Driss Benattabou

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Structural Model ◽

Reading Motivation ◽

Measurement Model ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Relationship

This study aims primarily to investigate the relationship between Self-esteem (SE) and Reading Motivation (RM) among EFL university students in Morocco. Another aim of this research is to examine the role of gender in shaping this relationship. A questionnaire on SE, RM and socio-biographical data was completed by one hundred and eighty (N = 180) participants of undergraduate and graduate levels. Bivariate statistical analyses showed low significant correlational results using standardized summed scores of SE and RM. Moderately significant results have been observed based on SE and RM factors extracted using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) after both constructs were shown to have acceptable internal consistency. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), we evaluated a direct effect measurement model to investigate the unidirectional impact of SE on RM and its concordance with the structural model. Corresponding results revealed acceptable goodness-of-fit indexes indicating the validity of the structural model and demonstrating a positive effect of SE on RM. The examination of gender-based scores showed that there was no significant difference between males and females both in SE and RM.

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Influence of Personality and Self-Esteem on the Academic Procrastination among University Students

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0401.102 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Vijay, M ◽

Kadhiravan, S

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Personality Factors ◽

Academic Procrastination ◽

Characteristic Structure ◽

Academic Activities ◽

Significant Negative Relationship ◽

Survey Results

Personality refers to a dynamic and unique organization which determines the characteristic behavior of people. It predominantly influences the life in various domains. There are many factors which could influence people’s behaviour in constantly changing environment. One such factor is self-esteem, which reflect overall emotional evaluation about their self-worthiness to get succeed in life. Academic procrastination indicates individuals’ tendency to delay or put off academic activities. This is closely associated with the self-esteem. Also, the characteristic structure could have an influence on academic procrastination. An attempt was made in this study to study the influence of personality and self-esteem on the academic procrastination among university students. 150 university students were selected through simple random sampling for this purpose and the data was collected through a survey. Results revealed that the academic procrastination of university students have significant negative relationship with their self-esteem. Some of the personality factors have significant association with their academic procrastination. The findings and implications are presented in the article.

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Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Among British Female University Students

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000049 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 55-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Viren Swami ◽

Angela Nogueira Campana ◽

Rebecca Coles

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Ethnic Differences ◽

Cosmetic Surgery ◽

South Asians ◽

Ethnically Diverse ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Lower Body ◽

Body Appreciation ◽

African Caribbean

Although patients of cosmetic surgery are increasingly ethnically diverse, previous studies have not examined ethnic differences in attitudinal dispositions toward cosmetic surgery. In the present study, 751 British female university students from three ethnic groups (Caucasians, South Asians, and African Caribbeans) completed measures of acceptance of cosmetic surgery, body appreciation, self-esteem, and demographic variables. Initial between-group analyses showed that Caucasians had lower body appreciation and self-esteem than Asian and African Caribbean participants. Importantly, Caucasians had higher acceptance of cosmetic surgery than their ethnic minority counterparts, even after controlling for body appreciation, self-esteem, age, and body mass index. Further analyses showed that ethnicity accounted for a small proportion of the variance in acceptance of cosmetic surgery, with body appreciation and self-esteem emerging as stronger predictors. Possible reasons for ethnic differences in acceptance of cosmetic surgery are discussed in Conclusion.

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