Academic Self Efficacy and Dispositional Hope as Predictors of Academic Procrastination: The Mediating Effect of Academic Intrinsic Motivation

Authors : Kayhan BOZGÜN, Kemal BAYTEMİR

Pages : 296-314

Doi:10.17275/per.22.67.9.3

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Publication Date : 2022-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aims at determining the mediating effect of academic intrinsic motivation on the relationship between both students’ academic self-efficacy and dispositional hope levels to their academic procrastination habits. The data were collected from a sample of 252 college students, 69 males insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(27.4%); and 183 females insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(72.6%);, aged between 18 and 33 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(X = 20.55; Sd =1.52); studying at a state university located in the Central Black Sea region of Turkey using a correlational survey model. Academic Self Efficacy Scale, Dispositional Hope Scale, Academic Intrinsic Motivation Scale, and Aitken Academic Procrastination Scale were used as data collection tools. Descriptive statistics of the socio-demographic characteristics were presented, and Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to determine the correlations between variables by using SPSS statistical package programme. The hypothesis measurement model and the mediating effect were examined by Structural Equation Modeling insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SEM); by using LISREL statistical software. The obtained results showed that significant insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(low and moderate); relationships exist between variables and the model tested in the study yielded acceptable and good fit index values. A complete mediating effect of academic intrinsic motivation on the relationship between both academic self-efficacy and dispositional hope with academic procrastination was determined. The findings were discussed, and some recommendations were made.
Keywords : Academic self efficacy, academic intrinsic motivation, academic procrastination, dispositional hope, college students