ERIC Number: EJ1253219
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Sep
Pages: 7
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ISSN: EISSN-2325-775X
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Academic Procrastination, Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Academic Achievement among Middle School First Year Students with Learning Disabilities
Mostafa, Amaal Ahmed
International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences, v7 n2 p87-93 Sep 2018
The purpose of this study was two-folds: to examine the relationship between academic procrastination, self-efficacy beliefs, and academic achievement .And to investigate the relative contribution of academic procrastination, self-efficacy beliefs to academic achievement among middle school first year students with learning disabilities.The correlational design was used . The sample of the study comprised of 100(all of them were females, Mean age= 12.6 years, SD = 0.41) middle school first year students with learning disabilities attending three schools in Zagazig City during the academic year 2017/2018, second term. The study utilized questionnaires and instruments to measure the variables. The correlation coefficient results revealed significant negative relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and academic procrastination (r = -0.232), academic procrastination and academic achievement(r= -0.154) while the correlation coefficient was positive for relationship between academic self-efficacy and academic achievement(r = 0.278). The results of multiple linear regression analysis was indicated that self-efficacy beliefs and academic procrastination accounted for 20% of total academic procrastination variance (F(2, 340) = 32.75, p< 0.001). In addition to this academic procrastination ([beta] =-0.36, p< 0.001) and self-efficacy beliefs ([beta] = 0.35, p<0.001) made significant contributions to the model. Findings were discussed and implication of findings was included.
Descriptors: Time Management, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Middle School Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Self Concept Measures, Grade Point Average
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Egypt
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