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Yahya Safari1, Nasrin Yousefpoor1
1Department of General Paramedicine, School of Paramedical Sciences, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Background:
Academic procrastination is a challenge that many students face. Metacognitive beliefs are the main cause of academic procrastination because they are one of the main reasons for students' academic failure or progress.
Objective:
This study aimed to determine whether and to what extent academic procrastination could be predicted based on students' metacognitive beliefs.
Methods:
This descriptive cross-sectional study involved 300 students selected via stratified random sampling. Data were collected using the Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students and the Metacognition Questionnaire-30. The data analysis was done using the Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis to estimate the correlation coefficient and predictability of academic procrastination based on metacognitive beliefs.
Results:
A significant negative correlation was observed between the subscale of positive beliefs of concern and academic procrastination (r=-0.16; P<.001). In addition, the metacognitive beliefs of the participants predicted 10% of academic procrastination. The component of positive metacognitive beliefs with the β value of 0.45 negatively and significantly predicted the students' academic procrastination (P<.001), whereas the component of negative metacognitive beliefs with the β value of .39 positively and significantly predicted the students' academic procrastination (P<.001).
Conclusions:
Metacognitive beliefs can predict students' academic procrastination. Therefore, the modification of metacognitive beliefs to reduce procrastination is suggested.
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