Vilca Lindsey W
South American Center for Education and Research in Public Health, Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, Peru.
Front Psychol. 2022 Aug 22;13:928425. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.928425. eCollection 2022.
The objective of the study was to determine if sex plays a moderating role in the relationship between executive functions and academic procrastination in 106 university students of both genders (28.3% male and 71.7% female) between the ages of 18 and 30 years ( = 19.7; SD = 2.7). The Academic Procrastination Scale and the Neuropsychological Battery of Executive Functions and Frontal Lobes (BANFE-2) were used to measure the variables. The results of the study showed that the degree of prediction of the tasks linked to the orbitomedial cortex (involves the orbitofrontal cortex [OFC] and the medial prefrontal cortex [mPFC]) on academic procrastination is significantly moderated by the sex of the university students (β = 0.53; < 0.01). For men, the estimated effect of the tasks linked to the orbitomedial cortex on the degree of academic procrastination is -0.81. For women, the estimated effect of the tasks linked to the orbitomedial cortex on the degree of academic procrastination is -0.28. In addition, it was shown that sex does not play a moderating role in the relationship between the tasks linked to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) and academic procrastination (β = 0.12; > 0.05). It was also determined that sex does not play a moderating role in the relationship between the tasks linked to the anterior prefrontal cortex (aPFC) and academic procrastination (β = 0.05; > 0.05). It is concluded that only the executive functions associated with the orbitomedial cortex are moderated by the sex of the university students, where the impact of the tasks linked to the orbitomedial cortex on academic procrastination in men is significantly greater than in women.
该研究的目的是确定性别在106名年龄在18至30岁之间（平均年龄=19.7岁；标准差=2.7岁）的男女大学生（男性占28.3%，女性占71.7%）的执行功能与学业拖延之间的关系中是否起调节作用。使用学业拖延量表和执行功能与额叶神经心理测试组（BANFE-2）来测量变量。研究结果表明，与眶额内侧皮质（涉及眶额叶皮质[OFC]和内侧前额叶皮质[mPFC]）相关的任务对学业拖延的预测程度受到大学生性别的显著调节（β=0.53；p<0.01）。对于男性，与眶额内侧皮质相关的任务对学业拖延程度的估计效应为-0.81。对于女性，与眶额内侧皮质相关的任务对学业拖延程度的估计效应为-0.28。此外，研究表明性别在与背外侧前额叶皮质（dlPFC）相关的任务和学业拖延之间的关系中不起调节作用（β=0.12；p>0.05）。研究还确定性别在与前额叶前部皮质（aPFC）相关的任务和学业拖延之间的关系中不起调节作用（β=0.05；p>0.05）。研究得出结论，只有与眶额内侧皮质相关的执行功能受到大学生性别的调节，其中与眶额内侧皮质相关的任务对男性学业拖延的影响明显大于女性。
