Preventing Procrastination Behaviours: Teaching Styles and Competence in University Students
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics, Reliability, and Correlations between Variables
3.2. Measurement Model, Structural Equations Model, and Mediation Analysis
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Range | Mean | SD | Alpha | rho | AVE | Skewness | Kurtosis | |
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Autonomy support | 1–5 | 2.94 | 0.74 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.50 | −0.11 | −0.07 |
Controlling style | 1–5 | 1.65 | 0.64 | 0.81 | 0.87 | 0.50 | 1.24 | 1.41 |
Competence satisfaction | 1–5 | 3.67 | 0.71 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.52 | −0.55 | 0.90 |
Dilatory behaviour | 1–5 | 2.86 | 0.79 | 0.81 | 0.85 | 0.50 | 0.14 | −0.42 |
Indecision | 1–5 | 2.69 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.51 | 0.18 | −0.41 |
Lack of punctuality | 1–5 | 2.41 | 1.11 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.72 | 0.49 | −0.69 |
Lack of planning | 1–5 | 2.85 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.33 | 0.17 | −0.01 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
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1. Autonomy support | — | ||||||
2. Controlling style | −0.30 ** | — | |||||
3. Competence satisfaction | 0.42 ** | −0.21 ** | — | ||||
4. Dilatory behaviour | −0.10 ** | 0.14 ** | −0.26 ** | — | |||
5. Indecision | −0.12 ** | 0.12 ** | −0.26 ** | 0.58 ** | — | ||
6. Lack of punctuality | −0.04 | 0.03 | −0.11 ** | 0.36 ** | 0.21 ** | — | |
7. Lack of planning | −0.10 * | 0.02 | −0.23 ** | 0.62 ** | 0.42 ** | 0.39 ** | — |
Correlation Variables | Men Correlation | Women Correlation | z |
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Autonomy support-Competence satisfaction | 0.42 ** | 0.41 ** | −0.15 |
Autonomy support-Dilatory behaviour | −0.06 | −0.18 ** | 1.50 |
Autonomy support-Indecision | −0.13 ** | −0.11 | −0.27 |
Autonomy support-Lack of punctuality | 0.01 | −0.13 | 1.56 |
Autonomy support-Lack of planning | −0.05 | −0.19 ** | 1.66 |
Controlling style-Competence satisfaction | −0.20 ** | −0.24 ** | 0.51 |
Controlling style-Dilatory behaviour | 0.14 ** | 0.15 * | −0.21 |
Controlling style-Indecision | 0.14 ** | 0.10 | 0.42 |
Controlling style-Lack of punctuality | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.52 |
Controlling style-Lack of planning | −0.02 | 0.10 | −1.41 |
Competence satisfaction-Dilatory behaviour | −0.24 ** | −0.30 ** | 0.88 |
Competence satisfaction-Indecision | −0.25 ** | −0.30 ** | 0.71 |
Competence satisfaction-Lack of punctuality | −0.10 ** | −0.12 ** | 0.20 |
Competence satisfaction-Lack of planning | −0.23 ** | −0.22 ** | −0.13 |
Estimate | 95% Lower Limit | 95% Upper Limit | |
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Autonomy support-Dilatory behaviour | −0.11 | −0.14 | −0.08 |
Autonomy support-Indecision | −0.12 | −0.15 | −0.08 |
Autonomy support-Lack of punctuality | −0.06 | −0.10 | −0.02 |
Autonomy support-Lack of planning | −0.09 | −0.12 | −0.06 |
Controlling style-Dilatory behaviour | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
Controlling style-Indecision | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
Controlling style-Lack of punctuality | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
Controlling style-Lack of planning | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
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Codina, N.; Castillo, I.; Pestana, J.V.; Balaguer, I. Preventing Procrastination Behaviours: Teaching Styles and Competence in University Students. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2448. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062448
Codina N, Castillo I, Pestana JV, Balaguer I. Preventing Procrastination Behaviours: Teaching Styles and Competence in University Students. Sustainability. 2020; 12(6):2448. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062448
Chicago/Turabian StyleCodina, Nuria, Isabel Castillo, José V Pestana, and Isabel Balaguer. 2020. "Preventing Procrastination Behaviours: Teaching Styles and Competence in University Students" Sustainability 12, no. 6: 2448. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062448