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Academic procrastination in non-traditional college students

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espanolIntroduccion. La procrastinacion es la accion de retrasar la realizacion de tareas necesarias, hasta el extremo de generar malestar y perjuicios a los individuos que la protagonizan. La presencia de… Click to show full abstract

espanolIntroduccion. La procrastinacion es la accion de retrasar la realizacion de tareas necesarias, hasta el extremo de generar malestar y perjuicios a los individuos que la protagonizan. La presencia de alumnado no tradicional en las universidades se ha incrementado notablemente en las ultimas decadas. Este tipo de estudiantes encuentra dificultades en sus estudios, las cuales podrian propiciar una mayor incidencia de las conductas procrastinadoras. Para comprobarlo,comparamos los niveles de procrastinacion y motivos para procrastinar entre estudiantes tradicionales y no tradicionales. Metodo. Utilizamos una muestra de 479 estudiantes colombianos. Los niveles de procrastinacion y motivos para procrastinar fueron medidos a partir de la Procrastination Assessment Scale – Students (PASS). En el analisis de datos se utilizaron estadisticos descriptivos, analisis factorial exploratorio, prueba t para muestras independientes y d de Cohen. Resultados. Los estudiantes no tradicionales han presentado niveles de procrastinacion superiores (t=4,412; p Discusion y conclusiones. A partir de estos resultados, se deriva la conveniencia de ofrecer una orientacion academica al alumnado no tradicional, con el fin de tratar la procrastinacion y reducir asi posibles riesgos de bajo rendimiento o abandono en este colectivo estudiantil. EnglishIntroduction. Procrastination is the act of delaying necessary tasks until the extreme of experiencing discomfort and negative consequences to the individuals. The presence of nontraditional students at universities is a phenomenon which has increased remarkably over the last decades. This type of university students finds some difficulties during their grade. This could result in a higher prevalence of procrastination behaviors among nontraditional students at university. To test this, our work compares procrastination levels and reasons to procrastinate among traditional and nontraditional students Method. A sample of 479 Colombian college students was used. Procrastination and the reasons to procrastinate are measured by the Procrastination Assessment Scale - Students (PASS). The data analysis is based on descriptive statistics, exploratory factorial analysis, t =test for independent samples and Coohen’s d. Results. Nontraditional students show higher procrastination levels (t=4,412; p Discussion and Conclusion. These results suggest the convenience of offering academic counselling and guidance to nontraditional students, in order to attend procrastination and reducing that way low achievement or dropout risks.

Keywords: procrastination; nontraditional students; niveles procrastinacion; college students

Journal Title: Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology
Year Published: 2017

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