Social factors of procrastination: Group work can reduce procrastination among students.

Autor/inn/en	Koppenborg, Markus; Klingsieck, Katrin B.
Titel	Social factors of procrastination: Group work can reduce procrastination among students. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Soziale Faktoren der Prokrastination: Gruppenarbeit kann die Prokrastination von Studierenden verringern.
Quelle	In: Social psychology of education, 25 (2022) 1, S. 249-274Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1381-2890; 1573-1928
DOI	10.1007/s11218-021-09682-3
Schlagwörter	Emotion; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Arbeitsgruppe; Bachelor-Studiengang; Interdependenz; Student
Abstract	Research on procrastination covers a variety of individual factors (e.g., conscientiousness) and this focus is reflected in interventions against procrastination. Less emphasis is put on situational and social factors that may help students reduce procrastination, such as social interdependence. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship between interdependence with academic procrastination and affective variables. Two vignette studies with student samples (N1 = 320, N2 = 193) were conducted and data was analyzed with regression analyses and analyses of covariance. Results of both studies show lower state procrastination in group work with interdependence compared to individual work, especially in participants with high trait procrastination. This difference is more pronounced when interdependence is accompanied by an active commitment to finish the task on time. Further, interdependent group work is related to increased positive affect and decreased negative affect. The results demonstrate the relevance of situational and social factors for academic procrastination, and point toward new approaches for intervention. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2024/3