Predicting Academic Procrastination through Future Planning among Faculty of Education Students at Al-Azhar University

Taha, Mohammed Farouk Mohammed; Ibrahim, Ahmed Mahdy Mustafa; Darwish, Naji Mohammad Hassan

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2022.254618

Predicting Academic Procrastination through Future Planning among Faculty of Education Students at Al-Azhar University

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¹ 1قسم علم النفس التعليمي بکلية التربية للبنينبأسيوط جامعة الأزهر

² 2قسم علم النفس التعليمي بکلية التربية للبنين بالقاهرة جامعة الأزهر

³ -3قسم علم النفس التعليمي المساعدبکلية التربية للبنين بأسيوط جامعة الأزهر.

10.21608/jsrep.2022.254618

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the extent to which there was a difference in academic procrastination due to students' academic level. The study investigated the correlation between academic procrastination and future planning, as well as the predictability of academic procrastination through future planning. The study utilized the correlation method and participants responded to the questionnaires of academic procrastination and future planning. The sample of the study consisted of (335) students from the first and fourth years students, Faculty of Education, Al-Azhar University in Assiut. Findings of the study revealed a moderate level of negative academic procrastination and high level of positive academic procrastination. Findings revealed that there were no statistically significant differences between the participants in academic procrastination (positive & negative) due to academic level. Results found a positive correlation between future planning and positive academic procrastination, while there was a negative correlation between future planning and negative academic procrastination in the (total sample, first year sample, fourth year sample). Results indicated the positive predictability of positive academic procrastination and the negative predictability of negative academic procrastination through future planning in the (total sample, first year sample, fourth year sample).

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