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Decisional Procrastination in Academic Settings: The Role of Metacognitions and Learning Strategies
Valeria De PaloMaria SinatraSanto Di NuovoLucia MonacisSilvana Micelisubject
Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia Generale050103 clinical psychologyPsychology (all)media_common.quotation_subjectlcsh:BF1-990Metacognition050109 social psychologytime managementAnxiety; Decisional procrastination; Learning strategies; Metacognitive beliefs; Time management; Psychology (all)Decisional procrastination learning strategies metacognitionsdecisional procrastinationmetacognitive beliefsmedicinePsychology0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesTime managementlearning strategiesSelf-regulated learningGeneral PsychologyOriginal Researchmedia_common05 social sciencesProcrastinationanxietylcsh:PsychologyAnxietymedicine.symptomPsychologySocial psychologydescription
Nowadays, university students suffer from a broad range of problems, such as educational underachievement or the inability to control themselves, that lead to procrastination as a consequence. The present research aimed at analyzing the determinants of decisional procrastination among undergraduate students and at assessing a path model in which self regulated learning strategies mediated the relationship between metacognitive beliefs about procrastination and decisional procrastination. 273 students from Southern Italy filled out a questionnaire composed by: the socio-demographic section, the Metacognitive Beliefs About Procrastination Questionnaire, the procrastination subscale of the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire, and the Anxiety, the Time Management, and the Information Processing subscales of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory. Results showed that the relationship between negative and positive metacognitive beliefs about procrastination and decisional procrastination was mediated only by time management and anxiety. Such findings underlined the crucial role played by learning strategies in predicting the tendency to delay decisional situations and in mediating the relationship between metacognitive beliefs about procrastination and decisional procrastination.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-16 | Frontiers in Psychology |