The Impact of Students' Time Management Strategies on Academic Procrastination: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy

Zhao Shijie

School of Geography, Surveying and Urban-Rural Planning, Geographical Science (Teacher Training), Jiangsu Normal University

Abstract：

Academic procrastination is highly prevalent among senior high school students today, negatively impacting both learning efficiency and mental health. To explore the mechanism by which time management strategies affect academic procrastination, This research utilized secondary school learners as participants and utilized the Time Management Tendency Scale, the Academic Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, and the General Procrastination Scale to explore the connection between temporal management tactics, academic self-efficacy, and academic procrastination, and to evaluate the mediating impact of academic self-efficacy. The findings indicated that temporal management tactics were substantially negatively associated with academic procrastination and substantially positively linked with academic self-efficacy; academic self-efficacy was substantially negatively related to academic procrastination; and academic self-efficacy acted as a mediating factor between temporal management tactics and academic procrastination.

Key Words：

senior high school students; time management strategies; academic procrastination; academic self-efficacy; mediating role