Wu Wenhao, He Qi
Overseas Education College, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, People's Republic of China.
Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2022 May 3;15:1085-1104. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S343135. eCollection 2022.
Supervisors play an important role in international postgraduate students' academic performance, their insufficient guidance and supervision are the main antecedents for international postgraduate students' academic procrastination. Meanwhile, international postgraduate students' disengagement tendency and learned helplessness in dealing with supervisor's moral disengagement will significantly affect their academic choices and outcomes.
Based on self-determination theory, this research distributed 350 questionnaires through two-stage time-lagged method and 266 valid questionnaires were recovered. Hierarchical regression analysis examined the direct effect of supervisor' moral disengagement on international postgraduate students' academic procrastination, as well as the moderating effect of international postgraduate students' moral disengagement and learned helplessness.
The results indicated that 1) supervisor's moral disengagement significantly predicts international postgraduate students' academic procrastination, 2) international postgraduate students' moral disengagement and learned helplessness positively moderate the above relation, and 3) international postgraduate students' learned helplessness positively moderates the moderating effect of international postgraduate students' moral disengagement.
This study revealed the antecedents and conditions of international postgraduate students' academic procrastination, which enriched the theoretical connotation and practical application of self-determination theory in the field of international postgraduate students' education.
导师在国际研究生的学业表现中起着重要作用，其指导和监督不足是国际研究生学业拖延的主要原因。同时，国际研究生在应对导师道德脱离时的脱离倾向和习得性无助会显著影响他们的学业选择和结果。
本研究基于自我决定理论，采用两阶段时滞法发放问卷350份，回收有效问卷266份。层次回归分析考察了导师道德脱离对国际研究生学业拖延的直接影响，以及国际研究生道德脱离和习得性无助的调节作用。
结果表明：1）导师道德脱离显著预测国际研究生学业拖延；2）国际研究生道德脱离和习得性无助正向调节上述关系；3）国际研究生习得性无助正向调节国际研究生道德脱离的调节作用。
本研究揭示了国际研究生学业拖延的成因和条件，丰富了自我决定理论在国际研究生教育领域的理论内涵和实践应用。
