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Lindblom-Ylänne, Sari; Saariaho, Emmi; Inkinen, Mikko; Haarala-Muhonen, Anne; Hailikari, Telle – Frontline Learning Research, 2015
The study explored university undergraduates' dilatory behaviour, more precisely, procrastination and strategic delaying. Using qualitative interview data, we applied a theory-driven and person-oriented approach to test the theoretical model of Klingsieck (2013). The sample consisted of 28 Bachelor students whose study pace had been slow during…
Descriptors: Time Management, Undergraduate Students, Interviews, Student Behavior
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Schraw, Gregory; Wadkins, Theresa; Olafson, Lori – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
The authors conducted a grounded theory study of academic procrastination to explore adaptive and maladaptive aspects of procrastination and to help guide future empirical research. They discuss previous research on the definition and dimensionality of procrastination and describe the study in which interview data were collected in 4 stages,…
Descriptors: Models, Failure, Fear, Coping
Warkentin, Robert W.; Bol, Linda – 1997
A study investigated the test study habits of college students in the context of Effort Management theory, which describes metacognitive and self-regulatory activities. The subjects, 20 upper-division education majors enrolled in a required Educational Psychology course, were interviewed to discover their study activities for the course final at…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Education Majors, Higher Education