Academic Procrastination of Students from the Standpoint of the Subject-Activity Approach

Abstract

The paper proposes a theoretical basis for considering the phenomenon of procrastination of a personality from the standpoint of the subject-activity approach. According to this approach, the nature of human activity should be described within the parameters of his or her personality as a subject of activity, which is carried out within the framework of this activity, as well as taking into account the content and role of the activity in the life of this person. The ability of a personality to direct and control different forms of its activity is regarded as an indicator of an individual subjectivity. The author summarizes the results of an empirical study of the tendency to academic procrastination, motivation to training and ability to self-management in a select query of university students, according to which: 1) the index of academic procrastination is in inversely ratio to the indices of the capability for self-management; 2) self-management system is directly related to the motive of acquiring professional knowledge and skills; 3) high levels of academic procrastination are accompanied by a pronounced focus on obtaining a diploma with a formal approach to the process of training itself and poorly formed system of self-management.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p113