Subjective prerequisites for the manifestation of procrastination in students technical university

Abstract

Introduction. Modern living conditions require a person to be mobile, have a high level of self-organization, the ability to act quickly in conditions of uncertainty, and be able to competently organize their work. Penetrating into all processes of human life, information technologies cause an increasing severity of the phenomenon of procrastination in the youth environment. The purpose of the study is to study the relationship of procrastination with personal characteristics and methods of self-organization of the activities of students of a technical university. Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of the St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (N = 114), using diagnostic tools: the questionnaire «Degree of procrastination severity» by M. A. Kiseleva, N. E. Shustova, O.V. Karina, questionnaire «Self-organization of activity» (OSD) E. Yu. Mandrikova, questionnaire «Big Five», BFI-2 R. McCrae, P. Costa. The study used the methods of mathematical statistics: Kolmogorov-Smirnov criterion, correlation analysis, factorial analysis, Student's t-test. Results. It was revealed that students of a technical university have all indicators of procrastination and selforganization of activity at an average level. Significantly significant differences between boys and girls were found. In the group of girls, the level of procrastination is higher than in the group of men (tcrit=3,6; p=0,01), the level of anxiety is also higher (tcrit=4,2; p=0,01), negative emotionality prevails (tcrit= 5,0; p=0.001), aesthetic sense is more developed (tcrit=3,8; p=0,01). Young men demonstrate higher purposefulness (tcrit=-2,3; p=0,05) and perseverance in achieving goals (tcrit=-2,1; p=0,05). There is a relationship between procrastination, selfregulation of activity and personal characteristics. To a greater extent, the student's procrastination is caused by motivational insufficiency, anxiety and conscientiousness. Conclusion. As a result of the study, it was proved that the procrastination of young people is determined by personal characteristics and underdevelopment of skills for self-regulation of activities. In view of the fact that many students are aware of the problem of their procrastination, there is a need for targeted work on the correction and prevention of procrastination.