Hope of Success and Fear of Failure Predicting Academic Procrastination Students Who Working on a Thesis

Sari Zakiah Akmal,Andi Ulfa Febriani,Fitri Arlinkasari

doi:10.24127/gdn.v7i1.724

Abstract

Students, who are working on the thesis, have some difficulties caused by internal and external factors. Those problems can disrupt the completion of their thesis, such as the tendency to do academic procrastination. Increasing achievement motivation can reduce academic procrastination. This study aims to look at the role of achievement motivation (hope of success and fear of failure) in predicting academic procrastination. The study used a quantitative approach by distributing academic procrastination and achievement motivation questionnaires. The study involved 182 students who were working on a thesis as samples, which were obtained by using accidental sampling technique. Data were analyzed using multiple regressions. It showed that the hope of success and fear of failure have a significant role in predicting academic procrastination (R2 = 13.8%, F = 14,356, p <0.05). The hope of success can decrease academic procrastination, while fear of failure can improve it. Thus, interventions to reduce academic procrastination can be delivered by increasing students hope of success.

Highlights

Students are required to complete the thesis as a prerequisite to graduate and get a degree
Students who are working on the thesis, procrastination tendencies can be seen from the procrastination in starting and completing the thesis, are not prepared to work on the thesis, There are several factors that can cause them to do academic procrastination
This study uses multiple regression analysis to prove the hypothesis of the study, which is looking at the role of each dimension of achievement motivation on academic procrastination in students who are working on the thesis

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Introduction

Students are required to complete the thesis as a prerequisite to graduate and get a degree. Various problems encountered in the process of the thesis has its challenges for students. The problem can be sourced from within the student's own (internal) or due to factors beyond his (external). Problems in the self can be a lack of interest in the theme of the thesis, lack of motivation and fighting spirit in completing the thesis. The external problems could come from the difficulty in finding reference materials, a shortage of funds to carry out research, and their fear when they want to meet with the supervisor (Fitri, 2012). These challenges can impede the process of students in completing their thesis

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