Author/Authors :
Ekşi, Halil Marmara Üniversitesi - Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , Dilmaç, Bülent Selçuk Üniversitesi - Ahmet Keleşoğlu Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey
Title Of Article :
An Examination of General Procrastination, Decisional Procrastination, and Academic Procrastination With Respect to Trait-Anxiety among a Group of College Students
Abstract :
The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of general procrastination (measured by The Lay Procrastination Scale), decisional procrastination (measured by The Decisional Procrastination of Mann), and academic procrastination (Academic Procrastination Scale of Aitken) on trait anxiety (measured with State-trait Anxiety Inventory of Spilberg), and to see whether these variables are differentiated in terms of participants’ ages, sexes, and departments etc. among a sample of Turkish university students. Two hundred eighty- eight teacher candidates (95 male and 193 female) were participated. The results showed the level of trait anxiety was predicted by general, decisional, and academic procrastination (p 0,01). Some meaningful differences were also abstained with respect to socio-demographic variables. The results were discussed under the light of relevant literature. Lastly, suggestions mainly related college students’ counseling were presented.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Anxiety , Procrastination , College Student.
JournalTitle :
Journal Of Uludag University Faculty Of Education
