Development and Effect of Program for based on the Positive Psychological overcoming academic procrastination of Elementary School Students in upper Grade

Objectives This study was conducted with the purpose of developing and implementing a positive psychology-based program to overcome academic procrastination behaviors among upper-grade elementary school students, and to evaluate its effectiveness. Methods he program was developed based on positive psychology, addressing the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components of academic procrastination behaviors. The study targeted 32 students, who participated in the program from November 2023. The program was conducted once a week, with each session lasting 50 minutes, over a total of 8 sessions. To evaluate the effectiveness of the program, pre-, post-, and follow-up questionnaires on academic procrastination behaviors were administered. Additionally, content analysis was conducted to examine changes in academic procrastination behaviors, along with a detailed exploration of the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral factors of the participants. Results The results of analyzing the effectiveness of a positive psychology-based academic procrastination intervention program for upper elementary school students are as follows: First, there was no significant difference between the student group and the parent-connected group compared to the control group. However, the effects of changes over time within the groups and their interactions showed notable changes. Second, content analysis revealed that, after the program implementation, seven positive changes were observed across cognitive, emotional, and behavioral factors, including improvements in academic procrastination behavior. Conclusions The positive psychology-based program for overcoming academic procrastination among upper-grade elementary school students is expected to help reduce academic procrastination behaviors, thereby aiding in overcoming procrastination. This study is significant in that it developed an academic procrastination overcoming program based on a systematic framework tailored for upper-grade elementary school students and confirmed its effectiveness.