TY - JOUR AU - Kurtovic, Ana AU - Vrdoljak, Gabrijela AU - Idzanovic, Anita PY - 2019/02/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Predicting Procrastination: The Role of Academic Achievement, Self-efficacy and Perfectionism JF - International Journal of Educational Psychology JA - IJEP VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.17583/ijep.2019.2993 UR - https://www.hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/ijep/article/view/2993 SP - 1-26 AB - <p>The aim of this study was to examine the relations of academic achievement, self-efficacy, and perfectionism with procrastination in University students, and to examine whether procrastination can be predicted by academic achievement, self-efficacy, and perfectionism dimensions. 227 University students from different faculties completed Tuckmans' procrastination scale, Almost Perfect Scale – Revised (APS-R; Slaney Rice, Mobley, Trippi, &amp; Ashby, 2001) and General self-Efficacy Scale (GSE; Schwarzer &amp; Jerusalem, 1995), as well as data about academic achievement at the end of last academic year. Results have shown negative correlations of academic achievement, self-efficacy and adaptive perfectionism with procrastination, and a positive correlation between maladaptive perfectionism and procrastination. Results have also shown that self-efficacy is positively correlated with adaptive perfectionism and negatively with maladaptive perfectionism. Maladaptive perfectionism was a positive predictor of procrastination, while academic achievement, self-efficacy and adaptive perfectionism were all negative predictors. Finally, we used Hayes bootstrapping method to examine possible mediations. The results have shown that self-efficacy, by its self, is not a significant mediator, while paths containing self-efficacy and adaptive or maladaptive perfectionism mediate the relation between academic achievement and procrastination. Furthermore, both adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism mediated the relation between self-efficacy and procrastination.</p> ER -