I'll Go to the Library Later: The Relationship between Academic Procrastination and Library Anxiety

Investigated the relationship between academic procrastination due to fear of failure and task aversiveness, and library anxiety at the graduate level. Results of the Library Anxiety Scale, Procrastination Assessment Scale-Students, and Pearson product-moment correlations showed procrastination was...

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Published in:College & research libraries 2000, Vol.61 (1), p.45-54
Main Authors: Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J, Jiao, Qun G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Affective Behavior
Anxiety
Barriers to Participation
College students
Educational Research
Educational sciences
Failure
Fear
Graduate Students
Graduate studies
Libraries
Libraries, documentation
Library Anxiety
Measures (Individuals)
Pearson Product Moment Correlation
Procrastination
Research Methodology
School work
School work. Docimology. Guidance
Students
Surveys
Task Attractiveness
Teaching aids
Test Anxiety
Undergraduate Students
USA
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Summary:Investigated the relationship between academic procrastination due to fear of failure and task aversiveness, and library anxiety at the graduate level. Results of the Library Anxiety Scale, Procrastination Assessment Scale-Students, and Pearson product-moment correlations showed procrastination was related to affective barriers, comfort with the library, and mechanical barriers. (Contains 94 references.) (Author/LRW)
ISSN:0010-0870
2150-6701
DOI:10.5860/crl.61.1.45