Influence of self-regulated learning on the academic procrastination of college students

BACKGROUND: Self-regulated learning is one of the growing aspects in the field of educational psychology. It plays a very important role in the academic success of the students. In addition, the failure of self-regulation resulted in academic procrastination. Academic procrastination is recurring behavior of students. The objective of the present study is to find out the levels of self-regulated learning, levels of academic procrastination, and the influence of self-regulated learning on the academic procrastination of the students. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The present study was a Descriptive survey and questionnaire-based. The study was performed in the Kamrup (M) colleges of Assam affiliated with Gauhati University. The sample of the present study was 142 college students both boys and girls. The data were collected both offline and online. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: To run the statistical test, SPSS was used. Z score, percentage, Chi-square, correlation, and regression analyses were performed to test the null hypotheses and find out the objectives. RESULT: The result indicates that college students are self-regulated learners as all the students fall under the extremely high level of self-regulated learning to average level of self-regulated learning. Again they are also an academic procrastinator. It was also indicated that there is a significant negative correlation between self-regulated learning and academic procrastination. Also, regression analysis indicated that self-regulated learning is a strong predictor of academic procrastination of college students. CONCLUSION: The level of students’ self-regulated learning and academic procrastination must be pointed out in order to ensure the student's academic success.