Modeling Factors Associated With Academic Procrastination in University Students

It is known that academic procrastination is a widespread problem among college students, which significantly reduces their academic performance and quality of life. This study aims to examine the relationship between the academic procrastination behavior of university students and nomophobia, netlessphobia, academic self-efficacy, self-regulation, and attentional control. This study was planned in a correlational survey model. Between October 2023 and February 2024, 528 students studying at a state university participated in the study. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the research data. According to the results of the study, nomophobia, netlessphobia, academic self-efficacy, and attentional control of self-regulation variables together can explain 23% of the variance in academic procrastination (<i>R</i>² = .23). In the model, the variable that has the greatest effect on academic procrastination is attentional control of self-regulation. As the level of academic self-efficacy increases, the level of academic procrastination decreases. As the level of nomophobia and netlessphobia increases, the level of academic procrastination also increases. It is believed that the results of this study can be used in preparing programs to reduce or prevent academic procrastination behavior for university students in the future.