Conscientiousness, prior experience, achievement emotions and academic procrastination in online learning environments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21297753 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sheng‐Lun Cheng (0000-0003-2993-2031, Graduate Institute of Technological and Vocational Education National Taipei University of Technology Taipei City Taiwan), Jen‐Chia Chang (0000-0002-7082-6022, Graduate Institute of Technological and Vocational Education National Taipei University of Technology Taipei City Taiwan, corresponding author), Karina Quilantan‐Garza (Graduate Institute of Technological and Vocational Education National Taipei University of Technology Taipei City Taiwan), Mary L Gutierrez (Graduate Institute of Technological and Vocational Education National Taipei University of Technology Taipei City Taiwan) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 898-923 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Technology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1013 • E-ISSN: 1467-8535 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjet.13302 |
| OpenAlex | W4315795553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 61 |
Academic procrastination refers to individuals' unnecessary postponement of their coursework and is harmful for academic performance. When situated in self‐placed and remote learning environments, students' tendency to procrastinate increases. Therefore, understanding why students procrastinate and identifying who is more likely to delay unnecessarily in online learning environments is an important area to study. The goal of this study was to respond to this call by examining the structural relations between conscientiousness, prior online learning experience, achievement emotions and academic procrastination in online learning environments using structural equation modelling. In particular, two main facets of conscientiousness—proactive and inhibitive—were examined in order to understand which facet was more responsible for procrastination, how each facet was related to procrastination and to determine which facet of conscientiousness should be the primary target for intervention in future experimental research. A total of 746 students from 49 secondary and postsecondary schools participated in the current study. The results showed that the proactive aspect of conscientiousness was negatively related to academic procrastination through the pathway of enjoyment. The inhibitive aspect of conscientiousness was negatively related to academic procrastination through the pathways of negative emotions. Although prior online learning experience did not have a significant and direct association with academic procrastination, it was indirectly related to students' tendency to put off coursework through the pathways of enjoyment and negative emotions. Of all the paths, negative emotions had the strongest associations with academic procrastination in online learning environments. The findings of indirect effects suggest that students with low conscientiousness, the inhibitive aspect in particular, and few prior online learning experiences are more likely to procrastinate in online classes possibly owing to the suboptimal emotional experiences aroused during their learning processes. Practitioner notes What is already known about this topic Conscientiousness has a direct association with academic procrastination in in‐person classes. Prior online learning experience has direct associations with students' adaptive regulatory processes in online classes. Achievement emotion is an integral part of online learning. What this paper adds Conscientiousness has a direct association with academic procrastination in online learning environments. Prior online learning experience has no direct associations with academic procrastination in online learning environments. Conscientiousness indirectly relates to academic procrastination through achievement emotions in online learning environments. Prior online learning experience indirectly relates to academic procrastination through achievement emotions in online learning environments. Implications for practice and/or policy Instructors are suggested to pay attention to students with low conscientiousness and few prior online learning experiences since they are more likely to procrastinate in online learning environments. Students' tendency to procrastinate in online learning environments is strongly associated with their emotional experience.
Academic achievement · Big Five personality traits · Conscientiousness · Coursework · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Facet (psychology) · Mathematics education · Personality · Procrastination · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 6 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |