A Comparative Study On College Students' Academic Procrastination With Different Types Of Delaying Groups

Academic procrastination refers to the students againsting the original learning intention and finally don't finish, or intentionally delay start, delay finish academic task.This research adopts Chu and Choi(2005)'s division for academic procrastination,to study the positive and negative influences of academic procrastination from two different types of academic procrastination---- active procrastination and passive procrastination. It is unnecessary to change active procrastination behavior for it is a way of adaptive learning; while passive procrastination is not a desired behavior and bring individual negative emotions, such as anxiety and tension.This study adopts questionnaire to get information from 360 undergraduates of Huazhong university of science and technology, the objects are balanced in subjects and majors. with SPSS17.0 statistical analysis, research found that among the college students, 10% of undergraduates not procrastination, active and passive procrastination are 43.8%, 46.2%, and procrastination phenomenon exists in 90% of college students. The highest frequency of procrastination is shown in the completion of course assignments, most students express great desire of reducing procrastination while preparing for exams.Through the analysis, this study draw the following results:1. Active procrastination and passive procrastination have no significant difference in gender, grade, subjects and parents upbringing. As for the individual differences, the most serious procrastination are junior student; the highest procrastination Professiona is engineering, then science and arts; In parents upbringing, individuals from over-protection and indulgence type family, have the most serious procrastination.2. There are significant differences for active procrastinators and passive procrastinators on academic self-efficacy, time management and self assessment. The initiative procrastinators, compared with passive procrastinator, have a higher academic self-efficacy, strong time management skills and higher self assessment. 3. Active procrastinators and non-procrastinators have no significant difference on academic self-efficacy, have significant difference on time management and self assessment.4. There are significant correlation between active procrastination and academic self-efficacy, time management and self assessment; There are also significant positive correlation between passive procrastination and academic self-efficacy, time management and self assessment.5. Self assessment can predict active procrastination, self assessment and academic self-efficacy can predict passive procrastination.In views of procrastination , 48.2 percent of the college students holds positive attitude toward and think procrastination is not passive, it is also a kind of learning strategies, and working style.