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Self-efficacy for self-regulation and fear of failure as mediators between self-esteem and academic procrastination among undergraduates in health professions.

Zhang, Yanting, Dong, Siqin, Fang, Wenjie, Chai, Xiaohui, Mei, Jiaojiao, Fan, Xiuzhen·2018·Advances in Health Sciences Education
DOI 10.1007/s10459-018-9832-3
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Academic procrastination has been a widespread problem behavior among undergraduates. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of academic procrastination among undergraduates in health professions, and explore the mediation effects of self-efficacy for self-regulation and fear of failure in the relationship between self-esteem and academic procrastination. A cross-sectional design was used to study 1184 undergraduates in health professions from China. Participants completed measures of academic procrastination, self-esteem, self-efficacy for self-regulation and fear of failure. We used Pearson product-moment correlation to examine the bivariate correlations between study variables, and path analysis to examine mediation. Among the 1184 undergraduates, 877 (74.1%) procrastinated on at least one type of academic task. The total score for academic procrastination was negatively correlated with scores for self-esteem and self-efficacy for self-regulation, and positively correlated with the score for fear of failure. Moreover, the relationship between self-esteem and academic procrastination was fully mediated by self-efficacy for self-regulation (indirect effect: β = - .15, 95% bootstrap CI - .19 to - .11) and fear of failure (indirect effect: β = - .06, 95% bootstrap CI - .09 to - .04). These findings suggest that interventions targeting the enhancement of self-efficacy for self-regulation and the conquest of fear of failure may prevent or reduce academic procrastination among undergraduates in health professions, especially for those with lower self-esteem.

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Authors
Zhang, Y., Dong, S., Fang, W., Chai, X., Mei, J., & Fan, X.
Affiliations
Shandong University (CN)
Corresponding author
Fan, Xiuzhen
ORCID
Fan, Xiuzhen
Venue
Advances in Health Sciences Education
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2018-05-29
Volume
23
Issue
4
Pages
817-830
ISSN
  • 1382-4996 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-1677
DOI
10.1007/s10459-018-9832-3
OpenAlex
W2805929587
Cited by
138
References
61
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 7
FWCI
10.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Advances in Health Sciences Education (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR2013CM039)
  • the comprehensive education and teaching reform program of Shandong University 2015
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
Keywords
academic procrastination, fear of failure, self-esteem, mediating effect
MeSH terms
Procrastination, Adolescent, China, Cross-Sectional Studies, Fear, Female, Health Occupations, Humans, Male, Self Concept, Students, Health Occupations, Self Efficacy, Young Adult

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