Zhao W, Wang X, Li J, Li Q, Chen C. "Time is My Own Treasure": Parental Autonomy Support and Academic Procrastination Among Chinese Adolescents.
Psychol Res Behav Manag 2022;
15:2773-2782. [PMID:
36186519 PMCID:
PMC9514997 DOI:
10.2147/prbm.s373033]
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Abstract
Purpose
Previous studies have shown that academic procrastination not only affects middle school students’ academic performance but also causes them physical and psychological stress, as well as negative emotions. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the influencing factors of academic procrastination and its internal mechanisms. This study aims to explore the relationship between perceived parental autonomy support and academic procrastination, as well as the role of autonomous motivation and time management disposition.
Participants and Methods
Cross-sectional data from 662 middle school students were collected using the Parental Autonomy Support Scale, Academic Procrastination Inventory for Middle School Students, Academic Self-Regulation Questionnaire and Adolescence Time Management Disposition Scale. SPSS and its PROCESS macro were used for data analysis.
Results
After gender and age were controlled, the results showed that perceived parental autonomy support could not only directly predict middle school students’ academic procrastination but also predict three paths of procrastination: (1) the mediating role of autonomous motivation, (2) the mediating role of time management disposition, and (3) the chain mediating role of autonomous motivation and time management disposition.
Conclusion
Autonomous motivation and time management disposition played a chain mediating role in the relationship between perceived parental autonomy support and academic procrastination in middle school students.
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