Academic Self-Efficacy and Academic Procrastination: The Mediating Role of Academic Motivation

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the relationships between academic self-efficacy and academic procrastination and academic motivation as mediation. For the relationships, ninety-two students enrolled in the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Putra Indonesia YPTK Padang were selected as samples by non-probability and incidental procedures. For data collection, the Academic Procrastination Scale was constructed from Ferrari et al. (1995), the Academic Self-Efficacy Scale from Bandura (1997) and the Academic Motivation Scale using the Academic Motivation Scales (AMS) from (Deci & Ryan, 2000). The data were analyzed by using the Hayes Regression technique. The findings supported the hypothesis that academic motivation fully mediates the relationships between academic efficacy and academic procrastination among college students. Therefore, the impact of self-efficacy on academic procrastination will be higher through academic motivation among students.