A Study Of The Relationship Between Goal Orientation, Self-efficacy, Task-value, And Academic Procrastination In University Students

Academic procrastination refers to the tendency to put off or delay tasks related to one's studies so that they are either not fully completed by their due dates or have to be rushed bo be finished. The present study investigated the relationship between goal orientations, task-value, self-efficacy and academic procrastination by the method of SEM.. 246 students of a university responded a questionnaire. The following results were obtained:1. Defeating -orientation was a significant positive predicator of academic procrastination . Academic procrastination easily happens to defeating -oriented students and task orientation.2. Self-efficacy was a significant negative predicator of academic procrastination .Academic procrastination more frequenetly happens to students with low self-efficacy than students with high self-efficacy.3. Task orientation and self-enhancing ego orientation have remote-effects on academic procrastination by self-efficacy.4. Task-value has no effect on academic procrastination.