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Publication Date: 2018
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Procrastinating in College: Students' Readiness and Resistance to Change
Hensley, Lauren C.; Cutshall, Jessica L.
Journal of College Student Development, v59 n4 p498-504 Jul-Aug 2018
This study explored undergraduate students' written reflections about whether their procrastination habits changed during the semester in which they took a study-skills course, as well as why they believed change had (or had not) occurred. The purpose was to illuminate processes behind changes in procrastination while also giving voice to students' difficulties in changing. Conditions that facilitated change included (1) taking ownership of the change; (2) identifying with meaningful consequences and benefits; (3) accepting time and effort as inherent to change; and (4) turning awareness into action. Conditions that prevented change included (1) reacting to external contexts; (2) being immobilized by internal states; (3) lacking reasons for or beliefs in the ability to change; and (4) gaining knowledge apart form effective action.
Descriptors: Resistance to Change, Time Management, Learning Readiness, Undergraduate Students, Reflection, Study Skills, Grounded Theory, Academic Achievement, Study Habits
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Language: English
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