Study goals and procrastination tendencies at different stages of the undergraduate degree
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4096476 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martyn Stewart (0000-0003-1037-7162, Liverpool John Moores University, corresponding author), Tim Stott (0000-0002-4101-6688, Liverpool John Moores University), Anne-Marie Nuttall (0000-0002-6716-3491, University of the Highlands and Islands) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2028-2043 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2015.1005590 |
| OpenAlex | W2097628393 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 63 |
Study goals and effective management of study time are both linked to academic success for undergraduates. Mastery goals in particular are associated with study enjoyment and positive educational outcomes such as conceptual change. Conversely, poor self-regulation, in the form of procrastination, is linked to a range of negative study behaviours. Many researchers have treated goal orientations and procrastination tendency as stable traits and few have examined differences across academic levels. This study reports a cross-sectional measure of study goal orientation and procrastination tendency profiles at different academic levels on two undergraduate programmes. Findings concur with other studies in revealing a significant decline in mastery goals, particularly between the first and second years of study. Procrastination tendency is significantly higher in the second year. Potential causes of these differences and their implications are discussed, alongside considerations for positive learning environments.Keywords: motivationself-regulated learninglearning environmentpersonal goalsstudy orientation AcknowledgementsI would like to thank Dr David McIlroy for valuable support and feedback on an earlier draft of this manuscript. This work was supported by a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship Scheme project.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors
Goal Orientation · Higher education · Management · Political science · Procrastination · Time management · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 1,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |