The Predictors of Academic Procrastination: Responsibility, Attributional Styles Regarding Success / Failure, and Beliefs in Academic Self-Efficacy

Abstract

The present study aims to examine the extent to which personal traits, attributional styles and perceptions of academic self-efficacy among university students explain their academic procrastination behaviors. The study used a relational survey model; the sample group consisted of 330 students enrolled in the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Sciences and Letters in Gazi University and Kırıkkale University. Research data were obtained using the “Aitken Academic Procrastination Scale,” “Adjective Based Personality Test,” “Causal Dimension Scale,” and “Academic Self-Efficacy Scale”. Path analysis modeling was used to test the hypothesis models. The results of the study indicated that academic procrastination behaviors of students are predictable through personal traits, attributional styles regarding success or failure, and perceptions academic self-efficacy.