PROCRASTINATION IN STUDENTS' LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND WAYS TO OVERCOME IT

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https://doi.org/10.31732/2663-2209-2025-78-505-511

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procrastination, academic procrastination, educational activity, methods of overcoming procrastination, junior students

Abstract

The article is devoted to procrastination in the learning activities of junior students as an urgent problem of modern social reality, associated with the need to train highly professional specialists, ready to quickly adapt to changes and make responsible decisions. Approaches to the definition of procrastination as a conscious postponement of important tasks, which can lead to irrational suffering due to loss of time and opportunities, are considered; its manifestations in cognitive, emotional and behavioral spheres of personality are noted.

Academic procrastination is distinguished as the postponement of educational

tasks, which negatively affects academic performance and causes additional difficulties in learning, and its four forms are identified: perfectionism and social

anxiety, urgency dependence, lack of interest in the case, impulsivity. The influence of social media as one of the possible factors of procrastination is noted.

Some results of a survey of 60 first– and second–year students of Kyiv higher education institutions on the manifestations of procrastination in educational activities are presented.

Two main groups of methods for overcoming academic procrastination are distinguished: reflective – aimed at internal work with one's own attitudes, such as analysis and awareness of fears that may impede the performance of tasks, development of motivation for various types of activities, formation of self–control skills and mitigation of the impact of stress; organizational and behavioral – aimed at external actions for organization of the work process, namely planning and time management. The possibility of using flexible digital time management systems as the most appropriate for a particular age category is noted.

The article outlines the importance of psychoeducation as one of the ways to overcome procrastination in the education of junior students, emphasizes the importance of using specially designed interventions aimed at students' mastery of organizational, behavioral and reflective methods of overcoming procrastination in educational activities.

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Author Biographies

Viktoriia Ostrova , KROK University

PhD (Psychological sciences), KROK” University, Kyiv

Natalia Fomina, KROK University

PhD (Psychological sciences), KROK” University, Kyiv

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Published

2025-06-30

How to Cite

Ostrova , V., & Fomina, N. (2025). PROCRASTINATION IN STUDENTS’ LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND WAYS TO OVERCOME IT. Science Notes of KROK University, (2(78), 505–511. https://doi.org/10.31732/2663-2209-2025-78-505-511