Self-efficacy and academic procrastination in higher education students
A correlational study
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2022.1.38943Keywords:
self-regulation learning, self-efficacy, college students, higher educationAbstract
The purposes of this study are to examine gender, age and grade-related differences in Higher Education Self-efficacy (HESE) and Academic Procrastination, also to investigate the relationship between the constructs. This study was conducted using 1.635 undergraduates, 66.5% of them were women, 48.6% were freshman, and 65.7% were students under the age of 22 years old. The data was collected using the Higher Education Self-efficacy Scale and the Academic Procrastination Scale. The women had a higher level of HESE and of education regulation, proactive actions, and academic management factors. Students above the age of 22 reported high values of self-efficacy in all of its factors and the freshman showed a lower level of academic self-efficacy. The male and the younger students reported higher values of procrastination. There were negative correlations between the levels of Self-efficacy and Procrastination in an almost moderate relationship. These findings were strengthening the conceptual relationship between the constructs and the potential implications to undergraduates´ academic success are discussed.
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