Academic procrastination: a descriptive study with high school students

The objective of the study was to identify the level of academic procrastination of secondary school students in Tacna in distance education. The approach was quantitative, with a non-experimental design and descriptive-transversal type. The sample consisted of 338 secondary school students. The ins...

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author Chura Quispe, Gilber
Calderón Carazas, Sugey Milagros
Castro Marrón, María Sonia
Verástegui Quintanilla, Amparo
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Verástegui Quintanilla, Amparo
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Castro Marrón, María Sonia
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description The objective of the study was to identify the level of academic procrastination of secondary school students in Tacna in distance education. The approach was quantitative, with a non-experimental design and descriptive-transversal type. The sample consisted of 338 secondary school students. The instrument used was the "Academic Procrastination Scale (EPA)" with adequate validity and reliability indexes. The results show that, in the procrastination of activities, most students present an average level (54 %) and in academic self-regulation it is high (49.70 %), but a quarter showed low levels (24.85 %). There is a difference between grade levels (p=0.013 and 0.001) and, in addition, male students (p=0.000 and 0.000), students from private institutions (p=0.000 and 0.002) and those who do not consider themselves academically good (p=0.000 and 0.000) tend to procrastinate more and show less academic self-regulation. It was concluded that a high level of procrastination does not predominate among students, but there are significant differences among sociodemographic variables.
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spelling oai:ojs2.apuntesuniversitarios.upeu.edu.pe:article/7592021-10-14T13:46:00Z Academic procrastination: a descriptive study with high school students Procrastinación académica: un estudio descriptivo con estudiantes de secundaria Chura Quispe, Gilber Calderón Carazas, Sugey Milagros Castro Marrón, María Sonia Verástegui Quintanilla, Amparo Academic procrastination, secondary education, academic self-regulation, distance education Procrastinación académica, educación secundaria, autorregulación académica, educación a distancia The objective of the study was to identify the level of academic procrastination of secondary school students in Tacna in distance education. The approach was quantitative, with a non-experimental design and descriptive-transversal type. The sample consisted of 338 secondary school students. The instrument used was the "Academic Procrastination Scale (EPA)" with adequate validity and reliability indexes. The results show that, in the procrastination of activities, most students present an average level (54 %) and in academic self-regulation it is high (49.70 %), but a quarter showed low levels (24.85 %). There is a difference between grade levels (p=0.013 and 0.001) and, in addition, male students (p=0.000 and 0.000), students from private institutions (p=0.000 and 0.002) and those who do not consider themselves academically good (p=0.000 and 0.000) tend to procrastinate more and show less academic self-regulation. It was concluded that a high level of procrastination does not predominate among students, but there are significant differences among sociodemographic variables. El objetivo del estudio fue identificar el nivel de procrastinación académica de los estudiantes de educación secundaria de Tacna en la educación a distancia. El enfoque fue cuantitativo, con diseño no experimental y tipo descriptivo-transversal. La muestra estuvo constituida por 338 estudiantes de secundaria. El instrumento empleado fue la “Escala de Procrastinación Académica (EPA)” con adecuados índices de validez y confiabilidad. Los resultados muestran que, en la postergación de actividades, la mayoría de estudiantes presenta un nivel promedio (54 %) y en la autorregulación académica es alto (49.70 %), pero una cuarta parte mostró bajos niveles (24.85 %). También, se encontró diferencia entre los grados de estudios (p=0.013 y 0.001) y los estudiantes hombres (p = 0.000 y 0.000), de instituciones privadas (p=0.000 y 0.002) y quienes no se autoconsideran buenos académicamente (p=0.000 y 0.000), que tienden a postergar más sus actividades y a mostrar menor autorregulación académica. Se concluyó que no predomina un alto nivel de procrastinación en los estudiantes, pero sí existen diferencias significativas entre las variables sociodemográficas. Universidad Peruana Unión 2021-07-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://apuntesuniversitarios.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/revapuntes/article/view/759 10.17162/au.v11i4.759 Apuntes Universitarios; Vol. 11 Núm. 4 (2021): Revista de Investigación Apuntes Universitarios; 40 - 59 2304-0335 2225-7136 10.17162/au.v11i4 spa https://apuntesuniversitarios.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/revapuntes/article/view/759/795 Derechos de autor 2021 Gilber Chura Quispe, Sugey Milagros Calderón Carazas, María Sonia Castro Marrón, Amparo Verástegui Quintanilla https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
spellingShingle Academic procrastination, secondary education, academic self-regulation, distance education
Procrastinación académica, educación secundaria, autorregulación académica, educación a distancia
Chura Quispe, Gilber
Calderón Carazas, Sugey Milagros
Castro Marrón, María Sonia
Verástegui Quintanilla, Amparo
Academic procrastination: a descriptive study with high school students
title Academic procrastination: a descriptive study with high school students
title_alt Procrastinación académica: un estudio descriptivo con estudiantes de secundaria
title_full Academic procrastination: a descriptive study with high school students
title_fullStr Academic procrastination: a descriptive study with high school students
title_full_unstemmed Academic procrastination: a descriptive study with high school students
title_short Academic procrastination: a descriptive study with high school students
title_sort academic procrastination a descriptive study with high school students
topic Academic procrastination, secondary education, academic self-regulation, distance education
Procrastinación académica, educación secundaria, autorregulación académica, educación a distancia
topic_facet Academic procrastination, secondary education, academic self-regulation, distance education
Procrastinación académica, educación secundaria, autorregulación académica, educación a distancia
url https://apuntesuniversitarios.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/revapuntes/article/view/759
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