Procrastination tendencies are prevalent and are associated with negative psychosocial outcomes. However, how preservice teachers' procrastination tendencies prior to the COVID-19 pandemic link to their experiences during and after the COVID-19 pandemic have not been investigated. The present study collected data from three time points, examining…

Background/purpose: Academic procrastination, prevalent among university students, impacts performance and well-being, yet its dynamics in Arab contexts remain underexplored. This study addresses the research gap by examining the direct and indirect effects of academic psychological capital (PsyCap; self-efficacy, resilience, optimism, hope) on…

This article considers the barriers to, and facilitators of, inclusive education within prison contexts in the United Kingdom (UK), specifically focusing on England and Wales. Our review of the existing research revealed that there is a gap in the prison education literature which we have attempted to address in this paper. Although existing…

Background/purpose: Academic procrastination is widely recognized as a common challenge to academic performance. Self-compassion, on the other hand, is considered a potential protective factor that may mitigate such maladaptive behaviours. These psychological constructs, though important for academic performance, have received little attention in…

Although humans often multitask, little is known about how the processing of concurrent tasks is managed. The present study investigated whether adjustments in parallel processing during multitasking are local (task-specific) or global (task-unspecific). In three experiments, participants performed one of three tasks: a primary task or, if this…

This article reports on an exploratory study investigating the extent to which affordance-based lesson planning is feasible and useful in pre-service teacher education. After using both affordance-based and outcomes-based lesson plans, trainee teachers in North Macedonia participated in both a survey and interviews. Respondents found both types of…

This study developed a serial mediation model grounded in social cognitive theory to examine how three types of supervisory support (academic, emotional, and autonomy) influence academic procrastination among doctoral students in China, emphasizing the sequential mediating roles of research self-efficacy and persistence intention. Utilizing data…

The balance between study life and personal life has been recognized as one of the important indicators of student well-being. This study aims to examine the mediating and moderating roles of study-life balance in predicting student well-being using the study demands-resources framework. The study employed a multilevel quantitative diary design,…

Balancing out-of-class time for college students is not only crucial for reducing academic and emotional burdens but also plays a significant role in students' development. Using a work-life balance framework, this study proposes a theoretical framework of the balance between academic and non-academic time involvement and defines different balance…

We study the external validity of instrumental variable estimation. The key assumption we impose for external validity is conditional external unconfoundedness among compliers, which means that the treatment effect and target selection are independent among compliers conditional on covariates. We study this assumption with a case study about the…

Purpose: This study explores the various models influencing online distance learning growth in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) due to the evolving politico-socio-economic environment and traditional educational challenges. It aims to understand their effects on teaching methods, resource allocation, and time investment. The research…

Purpose: This study investigates the relationship between telework frequency and knowledge management (KM) activity in Japan and the USA. By examining how telework impacts KM activity differently across these two countries, this study aims to provide insights into the design and implementation of effective telework policies tailored to specific…

This study aimed to adapt the "Teachers' Time Poverty Scale" developed by Liu et al. (2023) for use in Turkey and to assess whether teachers' time poverty in Turkey varies based on gender, years of experience, and employment level by utilizing the adapted scale. The research was performed in two phases: adaptation and implementation of…

Can a student inherit time? What difference does time make to their educational journeys and outcomes? "The Time Inheritors" draws on nearly a decade of field research with more than one hundred youth in China to argue that intergenerational transfers of privilege or deprivation are manifested in and through time. Comparing experiences…

Objective: Personality traits are commonly used to explain individual differences in procrastinatory behavior. This study aims to examine the relationship between bedtime procrastination (BP) and personality traits, and to understand the role of self-regulation skills in this relationship. Participants: We recruited 294 college students. Methods:…