This study examines the effect of smartphone addiction on academic performance medical students with mediating role self-regulation and bedtime procrastination. The framework this is based social cognitive theory. Data was collected through an adopted questionnaire from at different institutes in Pakistan. A survey distributed among 300 however 260 participated returned it. SmartPLS3 used to an...

The authors examined how time orientation and morningness–eveningness relate to 2 forms of procrastination: indecision and avoidant forms. Participants were 509 adults (M age = 49.78 years, SD = 6.14) who completed measures of time orientation, morningness–eveningness, decisional procrastination (i.e., indecision), and avoidant procrastination. Results showed that morningness was negatively rel...

This article describes the development of a questionnaire on metacognitive beliefs about procrastination. In Study 1 we performed a principal axis factor analysis that suggested a twofactor solution for the data obtained from the preliminary questionnaire. The factors identified were named positive and negative metacognitive beliefs about procrastination. The factor analysis reduced the questio...

Background: This daily diary study investigates the phenomenon of bedtime procrastination. Bedtime procrastination is defined as going to bed later than intended, without having external reasons for doing so. We highlight the role chronotype (interindividual differences in biological preferences for sleep-wake-times) plays for bedtime procrastination. Moreover, we challenge the view that bedtim...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the current study is to investigate the relationship between metacognition and obsessive beliefs, and procrastination. METHODS 285 students of Tabriz and Mohaghegh Ardabili Universities, Iran, were selected by random sampling, and completed the metacognition (MCQ-30) questionnaire, obsessive beliefs questionnaire (OBQ-44), and General Procrastination Scale. The research m...

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 r...

In this study, the researcher investigated role of fear failure and different aspects self-esteem (positivity, openness, competence, humility, self-worth, learning orientation) in relation to academic procrastination. The primary data was collected from a sample 200 students (96 males 104 females) St. Johns College, Agra. were selected using random cluster multistage sampling, their age ranged ...

Procrastination is a pervasive self-regulatory failure affecting approximately one-fifth of the adult population and half of the student population. It is defined as one’s voluntarily delay of an intended course of action despite being worse off as a result of that delay. Procrastination has a negative impact on performance and is associated with poorer mental health. Stress, worry, and feeling...

Trait procrastination is believed to be highly prevalent among college students and detrimental to their educational performance. As the scenario among dental students is virtually unknown, this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of trait procrastination among dental students and to analyze its influence on their academic performance. A total of 174 fourth-year dental students from ...

objective: the aim of the current study is to investigate the relationship between metacognition and obsessive beliefs, and procrastination. methods: 285 students of tabriz and mohaghegh ardabili universities, iran, were selected by random sampling, and completed the metacognition (mcq-30) questionnaire, obsessive beliefs questionnaire (obq-44), and general procrastination scale. the research m...