Components of self-attitude as predictors of procrastination of university students

Abstract

The article examines the relationship of different types of procrastination with the components of self-attitude and conscience of university students, reveals predictors of personal procrastination. The study involved 55 students of the Faculty of Psychology, 19–21 уears. The author proceeded from the assumption of the presence of interconnection and mutual influence of different types of procrastination with different installation components of self-attitude and conscientiousness of the individual. The results prove the hypothesis of the study and reveal a close relationship, and the interdependence of different types of procrastination with different components of self-attitude. The core of the positive self-attitude of students is self-acceptance and self-interest in their «I». It is revealed that there is a close negative relationship of personal procrastination with the self-attitude of students: self-understanding, self-acceptance, self-confidence. A positive close relationship of students' personal procrastination has been established with a negative self-attitude — self-blame. A close negative relationship of situational procrastination with self-leadership has been established. Conscientiousness as a feeling of guilt has a close positive relationship with personal procrastination. Predictors that affect the development of personal procrastination of university students are identified. Predictors of personal procrastination of students are self-acceptance as a key emotional and evaluative component of self-attitude and self-confidence as understanding one's capabilities and faith in one's own strength. Conscientiousness is similar in its functionality to the negative modality of self-attitude and also affects the formation and manifestation of personal procrastination of students of the mental faculty. The author plans to associate further research with the study of procrastination in professional activity as a specific behavior in response to the external conditions of professional activity, as well as with the development of tools for studying the conscious procrastination of employees.