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

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.

scholarly journals A model explaining academic procrastination behavior

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Kandemir
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
Effect Relationship ◽  
Efficacy Belief ◽  
Cause And Effect ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy

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

Effect of Determinants of Capital Structure on Financial Leverage: A Study of Selected Indian Automobile Companies

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3and4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangeeta Mittal ◽  
Lavina Kumari
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Automobile Industry ◽  
Financial Leverage ◽  
P Values ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Financing Decisions ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between financial leverage and determinants of capital structure of four top-most companies of Indian Automobile Industry. Selected companies for the study include Tata Motors Ltd, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, and Hero MotoCorp Ltd. The determinants we have taken for the study include liquidity, size, profitability, growth rate, and tangibility. The data collected for the study are of 10 years from 2005-2014. Multiple regression analysis and correlation analysis are used as statistical tools in the present paper. The inter correlation matrix is formulated with reference to selected independent variables in order to detect the problem of multi-collinearity. There is an average support of explanatory variables or independent variables on dependent variable. The independent variables that are statistically significant in explaining the variation in dependent variable are profitability, growth rate, and liquidity at 5% level of significance. The results have been indicated by the calculated p values that are less than the .05 at 5% level of significance. The outcome may be useful for companies in their financing decisions.

scholarly journals Procrastination: the poor time management among university students

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Naturil-Alfonso ◽  
David Sánchez Peñaranda ◽  
Jose Salvador Vicente ◽  
Francisco Marco-Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Current Problem ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Academic Grades ◽  
A Current

Academic procrastination is a fact related to the delay or postpone of academic work until last minute. This phenomenon is evident in a vast majority of university students, and its occurrence is increasing. In order to analyse possible causes and/or solutions, we studied if longer time for accomplishing an assignment incentives or avoids procrastination among university students. Results showed that both short and long time-frame groups tended to procrastinate in the same way. Additionally, academic grades did not revealed differences between groups, as the procrastination was the same between groups. Thus, this study shows that even with longer period of time to accomplish a task, university students tend to procrastinate, and thus seem to have a negative effect on their assignment grades. Therefore, it seems a current problem and measures should be developed in order to solve it.

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

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.

Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Among British Female University Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
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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