Academic Self-Efficacy, Procrastination, and Attrition Intentions

Relationships Between Academic Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Academic Procrastination

COPYRIGHT 2014 BY PSI CHI, THE INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN PSYCHOLOGY (VOL. 19, NO. 4/ISSN 2164-8204) In schools and the workplace, procrastination can be defined as freely postponing an action with the awareness of the detriment it may cause in the future (Steel, 2007). Procrastination is a widespread problem that is expected to increase in prevalence due to less controlling management stra...

Productive procrastination: academic procrastination style predicts academic and alcohol outcomes.

Productive procrastination replaces one adaptive behavior with another adaptive-albeit less important-behavior (e.g., organizing notes instead of studying for an exam). We identified adaptive and maladaptive procrastination styles associated with academic and alcohol outcomes in 1106 college undergraduates. Cluster analysis identified five academic procrastination styles-non-procrastinators, ac...

The Relationship between Academic Procrastination, Academic Achievement, and Self-Efficacy in Nursing Students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Most college students continuously procrastinate on academic tasks. Yet, those with higher levels of self-efficacy usually consider assignments as challenges to overcome. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between academic procrastination, academic achievement, and self-efficacy in nursing students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This cr...

Values and Academic Procrastination 1 Running head: Values and Academic Procrastination Individual Values, Learning Routines, and Academic Procrastination

Self - Efficacy and Academic Motivation

Academic motivation is discussed in terms of self-efficacy, an individual's judgments of his or her capabilities to perform given actions. After presenting an overview of self-efficacy theory, I contrast self-efficacy with related constructs (perceived control, outcome expectations, perceived value of outcomes, attributions, and selfconcept) and discuss some efficacy research relevant to academ...