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Abstract
Procrastination is the behavior of delaying doing something. In the academic field, this behavior is
commonly known as academic procrastination. Students who have this behavior tend to always delay
doing college assignments, work on assignments close to deadlines, and spend time on less important
things. This study aimed to determine the factors causing the emergence of Academic Procrastination
Behavior in Students. This research is qualitative descriptive research with 70 Guidance and
Counseling students as subjects. Methods of data collection using the interview method. The data
analysis technique uses source triangulation. The results of the study show that the causes of academic
procrastination are habits, poor time management, laziness, fatigue experienced by students, as well
as work and assignments that are difficult to understand. The conclusion of this study is
procrastination and excessive laziness are the main factors that cause procrastination behavior in
individuals. Therefore students need to eliminate feelings of laziness to avoid academic
procrastination. Keywords: Procrastination, Academic Procrastination, Student Guidance, and
Counseling.
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INTRODUCTION
Procrastination is deliberately delaying desired activities even though knowing that
delaying them can have negative consequences (Svartdal et al., 2020). The term
procrastination comes from the Latin procrastination with the prefix "pro" which means
pushing forward or moving forward and the ending "castings" which means "tomorrow's
decision" or when combined becomes "to postpone or postpone until the next day"(Pala et al.,
2011). Knaus (2010) explains that procrastination is the habit of postponing an important
activity and not making assignments on time (Setiyowati et al., 2020). Individuals who like to
procrastinate are termed procrastinators(Puspitasari & Suwarjo, 2018). A procrastinator
generally commits acts of procrastination only to the extent of delaying doing tasks, causing
failure to complete tasks on time. This is in line with Silver's opinion which argues that
someone who procrastination does not mean to avoid or does not want to know about the
task at hand but only delays doing it so that it takes up the time needed to complete the task
(Prihadi et al., 2023). The delay causes failure to complete tasks promptly (Tao et al., 2021).
Procrastination in the field of education is commonly referred to as academic procrastination
(Yanti et al., 2022). Students often carry out this behavior when they get assignments from the
teacher. Students tend to prefer to do other activities first rather than prioritizing completing
assignments. Schouwenburg explains that academic procrastination is a behavior of delaying
assignments or learning activities for exams and being replaced with other unnecessary
activities (Amin, 2019). Work on assignments is carried out after approaching the deadline so
that workmanship creates pressure, fear, and anxiety. Furthermore, Wolters added that
RESEARCH METHODS
1. Research Design. This study uses a qualitative research method with a case study approach.
This research aims to analyze the factors that cause academic procrastination in students.
The research results are expected to be used as reference material for further research.
2. Place and Time of Research. This research was conducted in the Guidance and Counseling
Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, PGRI University, Yogyakarta.
This research was carried out with the support of a research grant from LPPM. The time for
carrying out this research was for 6 months from October 2022 to March 2023. The reason
for choosing a research location was that the researcher was a lecturer in the guidance and
counseling study program and was very familiar with the characteristics of the research
subjects.
3. Research Subjects/ Research Respondents. The research subjects/respondents were
guidance and counseling students totaling 70 people. The 70 research subjects consisted of
20 men and 50 women from all generations.
4. Data Collection Techniques. Collecting research data using interviews with structured
interview guide instruments. Some of the aspects that were interviewed were:
5. Data analysis techniques. Research data analysis techniques using qualitative analysis. The
work process in quantitative research starts with problem formulation, then hypothesis
formulation, preparation of data collection instruments, then data collection activities, then
data analysis is carried out, and finally research report writing. The work process should
not be interchanged, it must be linearly sequential. In qualitative research,
conceptualization, categorization, and descriptions are developed based on "events"
obtained during field activities. Hence, between activities data collection and data analysis
cannot be separated from one another. Both take place simultaneously, the process is
cyclical and interactive, not linear. Miles and Huberman (1992:20) describe the process of
analyzing qualitative research data as follows (Fadhli et al., 2021).
Research Results
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20
15
10
0
Responden
Habit Bad Time Management Lazy Tired Work Unclear task Etc
Referring to the tables and graphs, it can be stated that of the 70 respondents who were
the subject of research on the causes of academic procrastination, namely: 20 respondents
(28.57%) said that it was caused by habit, 8 respondents (11.43%) answered bad time
management, 19 respondents (27.14%) said it was due to laziness, 5 respondents (7.14%)
said it was due to fatigue, 5 respondents (7.14%) due to other work that had to be completed,
6 respondents (8.57%) answered unclear tasks, and the remaining 7 respondents (10%)
answered because of other things. This study concludes that procrastination and excessive
laziness are the main factors that cause procrastination behavior in individuals.
Discussion
Procrastination is a behavior when someone tends to delay doing something (Jones &
Blankenship, 2020). This behavior is generally carried out by people who are used to
procrastinating (Girdhar et al., 2020). In the world of education, this behavior is known as
academic procrastination. Academic procrastination is an individual behavior indicated by
symptoms of delay in doing academic assignments (Adewale Ojo, 2019). This behavior can be
characterized when individuals do not complete assignments at school as soon as possible,
choose to keep themselves busy with activities outside of academics, and collect school
assignments at the last minute (Babadoǧ an, 2010). As part of students in higher education
institutions, Guidance and Counseling students at PGRI Yogyakarta University are also
inseparable from the behavior of academic procrastination. This can be proven by the finding
that some students show delaying behavior. Following up on these findings, research was
carried out regarding what factors led to the appearance of procrastination behavior
experienced by students (Bendicho et al., 2017). The research was carried out using interview
techniques with 70 respondents. The results showed that procrastination and excessive
laziness were the main factors causing procrastination behavior in individuals. In more detail,
this research can reveal several factors that cause academic procrastination in students. These
factors are as follows: 1) the habit of procrastinating, 2) poor time management, 3) laziness, 4)
fatigue, 5) other work to be done, 6) unclear tasks, and 7) caused by another thing (Candra et
al., 2014; Louise Olleras et al., 2022; Priyatmo Silondae & Bimbingan dan Konseling, 2019; Rizal
& Rosa, 2023; Wulandari et al., 2021).
The findings are in line with the opinion that the factors that cause academic
procrastination in students are internal factors and external factors including (Klassen et al.,
2010), students do not understand the material presented by the teacher, are not confident in
their abilities (Shaked & Altarac, 2022), are unable to manage time to do assignments and
other activities, the four students feel bored and bored because of online/online learning, lack
of attention and motivation to learn from parents, and what often happens is signal problems,
cell phones, and internet quota(Balhara et al., 2022; Fentaw et al., 2022). In another study, it
was explained that the factors that influence academic procrastination behavior are parenting
style, environmental conditions, and family economic factors (Makbul et al., 2021; Putri Daryani
& Yuni Nugrahayu, 2021).
CONCLUSION
The conclusion of this study is procrastination and excessive laziness are the main
factors that cause procrastination behavior in individuals. Therefore students need to
eliminate feelings of laziness to avoid academic procrastination.
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