The Effect of Self-Regulated Learning Behavior on Online Academic Procrastination and the Moderating Role of Parental Academic Involvement Latent Profiles Among Middle School Students

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effect of self-regulated learning on online academic procrastination and the moderating effects of parental academic involvement latent profile.Methods: The participants were 527 middle school students who completed questionnaires to assess online academic procrastination, self-regulated learning behavior, and parental academic involvement. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, latent profile analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis with SPSS 26.0 and Mplus 8.4.Results: First, latent profile analysis identified four groups of parental academic involvement: support and pressure-emphasizing type, encouragement and active support type, autonomy-supportive type, and lack of support and high-pressure type. Second, results revealed that higher levels of selfregulated learning behavior and being in the encouragement and active support type group; were associated with reduce online academic procrastination behavior. Furthermore, the study found that the negative impact of self-regulated learning behavior on online academic procrastination weakened for students in the lack of support and high-pressure type or the encouragement and active support type groups.Conclusion: This study highlights the significance of improving self-regulated learning behaviors in the context of online learning. Moreover, the results indicate that parents’ positive support and encouragement, coupled with high expectations for academic growth, are more effective in fostering academic success than solely applying academic pressure or offering autonomous learning support. These findings offer valuable insights for developing interventions to prevent and address online academic procrastination.