The Influence Of Mindfulness Level On Academic Procrastination Of Secondary Vocational Students: Study On The Mechanism Of Action And Intervention

Objective: To explore the relationship between the level of mindfulness and academic procrastination of secondary vocational students,and explore the mechanism of the impact of the level of mindfulness on academic procrastination of secondary vocational students.Through the group counseling course of improving the level of mindfulness,the influence of mindfulness level on academic procrastination was further verified,and the empirical reference was provided to reduce the occurrence of academic procrastination in secondary vocational students.Methods: In study 1,1228 students from a secondary vocational school in Changsha were surveyed by five-factor Mindfulness Scale,Adolescent resilience Scale and Aitken Procrastination Scale.A total of 1197 valid questionnaires were collected,and data were processed by SPSS software.In study 2,mindfulness group training intervention was used.On the basis of study 1,44 students were randomly selected and divided into experimental group and control group,with 22 students in each group.The experimental group received 6weeks of mindfulness group training,while the control group did not do any intervention.Before and after the intervention,the 5-factor Mindfulness Scale and the Aitken Procrastination Scale were used to measure the level of mindfulness and academic procrastination in the two groups,respectively,to verify the causal changes between the level of mindfulness obtained in study 1 and academic procrastination.Results:(1)In the first study,there were significant differences in grade and performance between the level of mindfulness and academic procrastination of secondary vocational students;There is a significant correlation between the level of mindfulness,resilience and academic procrastination.Psychological resilience plays a partially mediating role in the relationship between the level of mindfulness and academic procrastination of secondary vocational students.(2)Study 2: After mindfulness group training,the differences in mindfulness level and academic procrastination were significant in the experimental group,but not in the control group;Mindfulness group training can significantly improve the level of mindfulness of secondary vocational students and reduce academic procrastination.Conclusion:(1)The level of mindfulness can not only directly affect the academic procrastination of secondary vocational students,but also indirectly affect the academic procrastination by affecting the psychological resilience of secondary vocational students.(2)6-week mindfulness group training has positive significance in improving the level of mindfulness of secondary vocational students and reducing academic delay.Suggestions: The author suggests that we should strengthen the mindfulness education of secondary vocational students,improve students’ mental resilience,guide students to do positive action,so as to reduce the occurrence of secondary vocational students’ academic procrastination behavior.