Associations between Academic Performance, Academic Attitudes, and Procrastination in a Sample of Undergraduate Students Attending Different Educational Forms

This study focuses on differences between attitudes toward school, procrastination and academic performance among traditional and distance learning university students. The study sample consists of 162 participants, students of the Babes Bolyai University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Scien...

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Published in:Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2015-05, Vol.187, p.45-49
Main Authors: Kármen, Demeter, Kinga, Szabó, Edit, Maior, Susana, Fărcaş, Kinga, Kálcza Jánosi, Réka, János
Format: Article
Language:English
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Academic performance
Attitudes toward school
Distance learning
Procrastination
Traditional education
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Summary:This study focuses on differences between attitudes toward school, procrastination and academic performance among traditional and distance learning university students. The study sample consists of 162 participants, students of the Babes Bolyai University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. The participants were asked to provide demographical data and completed two questionnaires (Attitude Towards School Scale, Scale of Active and Passive Procrastination). Results suggest that there are weak to medium associations between some aspects of procrastination and the academic attitudes of students. The students from both types of educational form show lower levels of academic results when they procrastinate more passively.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.03.009