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Submitted July 11, 2023
Published 2023-07-11

Artículos

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2023): REDEPSIC

ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION IN STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA


DOI https://doi.org/10.48204/red.v2n2.4020

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DOI: 10.48204/red.v2n2.4020

Published: 2023-07-11

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Corrales, C., & Cañizales Mendoza, M. Ángel. (2023). ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION IN STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA. REDEPSIC, 2(2), 44–61. https://doi.org/10.48204/red.v2n2.4020

Abstract

Academic procrastination is a phenomenon that affects the academic performance and mental health of students worldwide, which is why the following study aimed to investigate the status of a group of university students in Panama regarding this phenomenon. Through a descriptive correlational study of non-experimental design and cross-section, 70 students of both genders who were studying Psychology at Universidad de Panamá were investigated. Through the use of descriptive statistics and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, it was concluded that these students presented high levels of academic procrastination, in addition to this, 49% of them manifested behaviors such as postponing academic tasks at high levels and 44% manifested have a low level of academic self-regulation; traits that show the possible existence of difficulties in academic life.

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