Academic procrastination in Ecuadorian university students: An explanatory model based on academic motivation.

ABSTRACT: Academic procrastination is a multifaceted variable that encompasses different affective, cognitive, and behavioral factors, and has a high incidence in university students with important negative academic, personal, and social consequences. As such, this study aims to explain the levels of academic procrastination in relation to academic motivation and certain sociodemographic variables. The sample was composed of 117 students belonging to the University of Cuenca, Ecuador, they completed a questionnaire of sociodemographic variables, academic motivation scale and academic procrastination scale. Results showed high levels of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, as well as low levels of amotivation, together with a medium level of total academic motivation and academic procrastination in th

SUBMITTER: Reyes Trelles XF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11665470 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature