Academic Procrastination: Contributions of Demographic Variables and Cognitive Test Anxiety in Brazilian University Students

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https://doi.org/10.20435/pssa.v16i1.2489

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procrastination, test anxiety, university students

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the extent to which cognitive test anxiety explains academic procrastination, while controlling for the influence of gender and age variables, among university students in the Northeast region. A sample of 570 university students (Mage = 22.43; SD = 5.43; ranging from 18 to 56 years old) was included. The majority were women (59.5%), enrolled in public institutions (59.8%), with Psychology (41.8%) and Physiotherapy (11.1%) being the most common majors. The Test Anxiety Scale, Tuckman Procrastination Scale, and a sociodemographic questionnaire were used. Correlation and hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted using SPSS. The results indicated that cognitive test anxiety and age contributed to explaining academic procrastination, with the contribution of the gender variable not being significant. In the final model, the set of variables explained 18% of the total variation. It is concluded that the cognitive component of test anxiety serves as a risk factor for procrastination behavior in the academic context, particularly among younger university students.

Author Biographies

Gleyde Raiane de Araújo, Faculdade Ieducare (FIED)

Mestra em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba (UFDPar). Psicóloga graduada pela Faculdade Piauiense (FAP).; Atualmente, é professora universitária na Faculdade Ieducare (FIED) e no Centro Universitário Inta (UNINTA), campus Tianguá. Integrante do Laboratório de Avaliação Psicológica e Psicometria do Piauí (LABAP). Coordenadora do Laboratório de Estudo e Pesquisa em Terapias Cognitivo-Comportamentais.

Gustavo Oliveira de Araujo, Faculdade Ieducare (FIED)

Graduado em Psicologia pela Faculdade Ieducare (FIED).

Paulo Gregório Nascimento da Silva, Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR)

Doutor em Psicologia Social pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF). Graduado em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Atualmente, realiza estágio Pós-Doutoral em Psicologia na Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR).

André Sousa Rocha, Centro Universitário Inta (UNINTA)

Mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade São Francisco (USF). Psicólogo pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Docente do curso de Psicologia do Centro Universitário UNINTA, Campus Itapipoca.

Jocélia Medeiros Ximenes, Centro Universitário INTA (UNINTA)

Mestra em Psicologia e Políticas Públicas pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Graduada em Psicologia pela UFC. Professora Universitária do Centro Universitário INTA (UNINTA), Sobral, CE. Atualmente, é coordenadora da Liga Acadêmica sobre Neurociência e Comportamento (LANeC).

Laís Renata Lopes da Cunha, Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba (UFDPar)

Graduanda no curso de Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba (UFDPar). Atualmente, é bolsista do Programa de Iniciação Cientifica da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Piauí (FAPEPI). Integrante do Laboratório de Avaliação Psicológica e Psicometria do Piauí (LABAP).

Paloma Cavalcante Bezerra de Medeiros, Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba (UFDPar)

Doutora em Psicologia Social pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Professora adjunta II do Departamento de Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia (Mestrado), na UFDPar, Parnaíba, Piauí, Brasil. Coordenadora do Laboratório de Neurociência e Psicologia Social (LaNPSo) e do Núcleo de Neurociência Social Pesquisa Intervenção Cognitivo Comportamental (NNeSPICC).

Emerson Diógenes de Medeiros, Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba (UFDPar)

Doutor em Psicologia Social pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Professor associado III do curso de Graduação e Pós-Graduação em Psicologia (Mestrado) da Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba (UFDPar). Líder do Laboratório de Avaliação Psicológica e Psicometria do Piauí (LABAP).

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de Araújo, G. R., Araujo, G. O. de ., Silva, P. G. N. da ., Rocha, A. S. ., Ximenes, J. M. ., Cunha, L. R. L. da ., Medeiros, P. C. B. de ., & Medeiros, E. D. de . (2024). Academic Procrastination: Contributions of Demographic Variables and Cognitive Test Anxiety in Brazilian University Students. Revista Psicologia E Saúde, 16(2), e16272489. https://doi.org/10.20435/pssa.v16i1.2489

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