General & Academic Procrastination in university students: an investigation of predicting factors and of the intention of students to seek for help

Abstract

The present study aimed to contribute to our knowledge regarding the nomological network of procrastination by developing and empirically testing an integrated model explaining how personality (e.g. conscientiousness, neuroticism, chronic procrastination) factors along with situational factors (task aversion) relate to volition (self-regulation, self-control, volitional development, self-access) leading to procrastination. A total of 865 Greek undergraduate students (M age = 21.84 years. SD = 4.18, 69.9% females) from Greek universities located both in the capital and in the province completed a set of demographical characteristics, the Greek version of the Procrastination Assessment Scale –Students (PASS, Solomon & Rothblum, 1984, adapted by Sotiropoulou, 1994), the General Procrastination Scale (Lay, 1986), the short form of Volitional Competences Inventory (Κuhl & Fuhrman, 2004) and the conscientiousness and neuroticism subscales of the Trait Personality Questionnaire (TPQue: Tsaous ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/35221
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/35221
ND
35221
Alternative title
Γενική και ακαδημαϊκή αναβλητικότητα στον φοιτητικό πληθυσμό: εντοπισμός προβλεπτικών παραγόντων και διερεύνηση πρόθεσης φοιτητών για αναζήτηση βοήθειας
Author
Argiropoulou, Maria- Ioanna (Father's name: Georgios)
Date
2014
Degree Grantor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Committee members
Καλαντζή - Αζίζι Αναστασία
Κανελλοπούλου Βασιλική
Ρούσσος Πέτρος
Μαλικιώση - Λοΐζου Μαρία
Ίσαρη Φιλία
Πολυχρόνη Φωτεινή
Ράλλη Ασημίνα
Discipline
Social Sciences
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Keywords
General procrastination; Academic procrastination; Personality; Task aversion; Volitional competences
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
221 σ., tbls., fig.
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