Academic procrastination among students is becoming more widespread. The lack of time management causes this issue. Students without clear schedules or priorities can be easily tempted to put off work important academic assignments when managing their time. Other psychological factors contributing behavior are perfectionism and fear failure. This study aims empirically prove the relationship be...

OBJECTIVE To study longitudinal relationships between perception of academic performance (PAP) and alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use at age 13 and 15 years. METHOD Self-report data from students in 27 schools in South Australia (n=1579) was analysed with ANCOVA and logistic regression, controlling for confounding factors (socio-demographic, parenting, depressive symptoms, anxiety, self-estee...

Learning to learn and learning to cooperate are two important goals for individuals. Moreover, self regulation has been identified as fundamental to prevent school failure. The goal of the present study was to assess the interactions between self-regulated learning, cooperative learning and academic self-efficacy in secondary education students experiencing cooperative learning as the main peda...