The Relationship Between Academic Procrastination, General Procrastination and Patience: A Study on University Students

This research aims to reveal the nature of the relationship among university students\` general procrastination, academic procrastination, and patience behaviors. In the study, the Academic Procrastination Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(APS); and General Procrastination Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(GPS); developed by Çakıcı insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2003);, the University Students\` Patience Tendency Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(USPTS); developed by Çeliköz and Gül insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2018);, and the \`Personal Information Form\` developed by the researcher were used. The data obtained were analyzed using SPSS 27.0 software. First, a normality analysis was applied, followed by the t-Test and One-Way Analysis of Variance insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ANOVA);. A correlational design was used in the research to determine the relationship among university students\` general procrastination, academic procrastination, and patience behaviors; for the purpose of determining the effect of the patience variable on general and academic procrastination, a multiple regression analysis was used. A moderate insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.616);, significant, and strong relationship was found between university students\` general procrastination behaviors and academic procrastination behaviors. A negative relationship was identified between patience behaviors and both general and academic procrastination behaviors. The multiple linear regression analysis showed that academic procrastination behavior insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(β= -227); had a more pronounced effect in predicting patience behavior than general procrastination behavior insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(β= -.155);. The research found significant differences in general procrastination, academic procrastination, and patience behaviors based on the participants\` gender, the university they attend, family income level, and their field of study; while similarities were identified based on age and class level.