Relationship between Procrastination and a University Subject in Polish University Students

• Authors: Sara Filipiak , Bożydar L.J. Kaczmarek , Katarzyna Markiewicz

Abstracts

EN

The present research relates to relationships between procrastination and a university subject. It included 84 students of pre-school and early school pedagogy, psychology and economics as well as an additional group of extramural students of management being in employment. They were asked to fill up the Pure Procrastination Scale Questionnaire. Findings indicate that a tendency to procrastinate is highest in students of pre-school and early school pedagogy, and psychology. Moreover, the tendency to procrastinate was most clearly manifested in the behavioral domain, which suggests lack of self-efficacy and/or poor time management. The results obtained proved to be statistically significant, yet they should be treated with caution due to a small sample of the examined subjects. They, however, point to the direction of further research.

Keywords

EN

procrastination; university subjects; gender

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 49
• Pages: 285-296

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Sara Filipiak

author

Bożydar L.J. Kaczmarek

author

Katarzyna Markiewicz

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2017.49.3.23

Biblioteka Nauki

1997695