Title
Gender differences in the influence of personality on academic procrastination in peruvian college students
Other title
Diferenças de gênero na influência da personalidade sobre a procrastinação acadêmica em estudantes universitários peruanos
Diferencias de género en la influencia de la personalidad sobre la procrastinación académica en estudiantes universitarios peruanos
Date Issued
01 July 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Catolica de Colombia
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to analyze whether there are differences between men and women in terms of the influence of personality dimensions on academic procrastination. Participants were 986 students aged between 16 and 40 years (69.8 % women, Mage = 20.81 years), students of different professional careers from two universities located in Lima. The Academic Procrastination Scale (APS) and the Big Five Inventory-15P (BFI-15P) were the instruments administered. An invariance analysis of a structural regression model that indicates the influence of personality on academic procrastination was implemented. The results show that personality explains a significant percentage of the variability of the dimensions of academic procrastination. However, the influence of two dimensions, consciousness and neuroticism, is greater in women. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed, as well as the need to strengthen curricular plans aimed at enhancing resources and reducing those aspects that could negatively affect the academic behavior of the student.
Start page
137
End page
147
Volume
22
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología (incluye relaciones hombre-máquina)
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85072109053
Source
Acta Colombiana de Psicologia
ISSN of the container
01239155
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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