The role of self-control on academic procrastination: A literature review
Keywords:
self-control, academic procrastination, literature reviewAbstract
There are five things that are frequently linked to high procrastination tendencies, including social anxiety, poor self-control, self-consciousness, low self-esteem, and self-efficacy. The key component of these five areas on which this study focuses is self-control. Since the method of this research is a literature review, then the objectives of this paper are to define academic procrastination and self-control, describe the variables that affect students’ academic procrastination, list the aspects and kinds of self-control, and identify the impact of self-control on academic procrastination based on prior studies. The review of literature reveals that students’ academic procrastination is significantly influenced by self-control techniques. The majority of earlier studies determined that there is a negative association between academic procrastination and self-control which means a student's self-control will be poor if academic procrastination is high, and vice versa.
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