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Procrastination of university students in relation to the Big Five model of personality
KAPROVÁ, Aneta
This bachelor thesis deals with the phenomenon of academic procrastination in relation to selected personal characteristics of university students. The work is divided into two main parts - the theoretical and the empirical part. The theoretical part brings in the issue of general procrastination, which involves irrational but intentional postponing of our duties. This part focuses primarily on bringing current knowledge, description and characteristics of its specific form the academic procrastination. The main emphasis is placed on primary factors influencing its origin, especially on the context of personality psychology. The theoretical part is concluded with a chapter on the profile of a university student. Next, the empirical part deals with the research of procrastination in the academic field. The research is aimed at identifying the relationship between procrastinating behaviour and personality features of Big Five model. The research method involves a questionnaire battery, which includes three questionnaires: NEO Five - Factor Inventory, PSS -Procrastination Scale for Student Population, PASS - Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students. The research team was created from 155 university students. The results of this research show that the most prominent characteristic of the procrastinating individuals is considerably low conscientiousness. The empirical part also comes with the results from the evaluation of the degree of academic procrastination and other factors which can be considered as likely causes of procrastinating tendencies.
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Motivation, flow and procrastination
Krutinová, Klára ; Franková, Emilie (advisor) ; Lorencová, Hana (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with academic procrastination, study motivation and mental state flow of Czech students in universities in the Czech Republic. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The characteristics of each phenomena and important concepts related to them are located in the theoretical part. On the basis of the theoretical knowledge is written up the practical part, which is based on a questionnaire survey among students. The data obtained from the survey were subjected to the statistical analysis. The results were evaluated and commented. In the conclusion of this thesis there is a recommendation for students.
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