Validity evidence of the Academic Procrastination Scale for undergraduates
Abstract The objective of this study is to analyze the validity evidence of the Academic Procrastination Scale (APS) in a sample consisting of 1979 students from public and private universities, from different courses, 67% of the students being women, aged 18 to 68 years old (M = 22.84). The princip...
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| author | Camila Alves Fior Soely Aparecida Jorge Polydoro Pedro Sales Luís Rosário |
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| description | Abstract The objective of this study is to analyze the validity evidence of the Academic Procrastination Scale (APS) in a sample consisting of 1979 students from public and private universities, from different courses, 67% of the students being women, aged 18 to 68 years old (M = 22.84). The principal component analysis revealed two components, also validated by confirmatory analysis, which showed a good overall fit of a two-dimensional model: Daily Study Procrastination (a = 0.75) and Exam Study Procrastination (a = 0.75). Internal consistency was estimated through Cronbach’s alpha, obtaining 0.83 for the total scale. The study concludes that APS has satisfactory psychometric properties and suggests further validation studies and also analysis of academic procrastination in higher education students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96c6a82283794b2ebed14d494563834e2022-12-22T03:21:45ZengUniversidade de São FranciscoPsico-USF2175-35632022-09-0127230731710.1590/1413-82712022270208Validity evidence of the Academic Procrastination Scale for undergraduatesCamila Alves Fiorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4789-6137Soely Aparecida Jorge Polydorohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4823-3228Pedro Sales Luís Rosáriohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3221-1916Abstract The objective of this study is to analyze the validity evidence of the Academic Procrastination Scale (APS) in a sample consisting of 1979 students from public and private universities, from different courses, 67% of the students being women, aged 18 to 68 years old (M = 22.84). The principal component analysis revealed two components, also validated by confirmatory analysis, which showed a good overall fit of a two-dimensional model: Daily Study Procrastination (a = 0.75) and Exam Study Procrastination (a = 0.75). Internal consistency was estimated through Cronbach’s alpha, obtaining 0.83 for the total scale. The study concludes that APS has satisfactory psychometric properties and suggests further validation studies and also analysis of academic procrastination in higher education students.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-82712022000200307&tlng=enself-regulated learningpsychometric propertiesreliabilityuniversitieshigher education |
| spellingShingle | Camila Alves Fior Soely Aparecida Jorge Polydoro Pedro Sales Luís Rosário Validity evidence of the Academic Procrastination Scale for undergraduates Psico-USF self-regulated learning psychometric properties reliability universities higher education |
| title | Validity evidence of the Academic Procrastination Scale for undergraduates |
| title_full | Validity evidence of the Academic Procrastination Scale for undergraduates |
| title_fullStr | Validity evidence of the Academic Procrastination Scale for undergraduates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validity evidence of the Academic Procrastination Scale for undergraduates |
| title_short | Validity evidence of the Academic Procrastination Scale for undergraduates |
| title_sort | validity evidence of the academic procrastination scale for undergraduates |
| topic | self-regulated learning psychometric properties reliability universities higher education |
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