Department of Personality Psychology, Psychological Assessment and Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 11;20(4):3201. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043201.
Academic procrastination is a complex behavior that hampers the cyclical process of self-regulation in learning, impeding the flow of actions necessary to achieve the goals and sub-goals that students have set out to attain. It has a high frequency of occurrence and has been linked to lessened student performance and a decrease in psychological and physical well-being. The objective of this study is to analyze the psychometric characteristics of a new academic procrastination scale MAPS-15 (Multidimensional Academic Procrastination Scale) applicable in self-regulated learning environments through a cross-validation study (exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis). The sample consisted of 1289 students from a distance/online university, with a wide age range and sociocultural variability. The students completed self-reported online questionnaires on two dates: during the university access and adaptation phase and before the first period of compulsory exams. One-, two- and three-factor structures were tested as well as a second-order structure. The results support a three-dimensional structure of MAPS-15: core procrastination, a pure dimension of procrastinating behavior and difficulty in carrying out the action; poor time management, a dimension related to time organization and perceived control over time; and work disconnection, a dimension conceptually related to lack of persistence, and work interruptions.
学术拖延是一种复杂的行为，它阻碍了学习中自我调节的循环过程，阻碍了实现学生设定的目标和子目标所需的行动的流动。它发生的频率很高，与学生成绩下降和心理及身体健康状况下降有关。本研究的目的是通过交叉验证研究（探索性因素分析和验证性因素分析）分析适用于自我调节学习环境的新学术拖延量表 MAPS-15（多维学术拖延量表）的心理计量学特征。该样本由一所远程/在线大学的 1289 名学生组成，年龄范围广泛，社会文化多样性较大。学生在两个日期完成了自我报告的在线问卷：在大学入学和适应阶段以及第一次必修考试前。测试了单、双和三因素结构以及二阶结构。结果支持 MAPS-15 的三维结构：核心拖延，一种纯粹的拖延行为和难以采取行动的维度；时间管理不善，与时间组织和对时间的感知控制有关的维度；以及工作脱节，与缺乏坚持和工作中断概念上相关的维度。
