Explanation of students' academic procrastination behaviors with, anxiety, fear of failure, self-esteem and achievement goals

Abstract

The goal of this study is to explain academic procrastination behaviors of students about their academic responsibilities with the anxiety, fear of failure, self esteem and achievement goals. Study group of this research, in which descriptive survey model was used, consist of students preparing for university exam in different training centers in Ankara. Totally 376 students were questioned in scope of this research; 176 of them were male while 200 of them were female. Academic Procrastination Scale, Spielberg State Anxiety Inventory, Fear of Failure Scale, Coopersmith Self Esteem Inventory and Achievement Goals Scale were used for gathering data in the research. Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression analysis were used for the statistical analysis of data. At the end of the research, it was found that, in the study, in which self esteem, anxiety, fear of failure and achievement goals variables were used in order to explain postponement behaviors, explain academic procrastination behaviors in a model.