Unpleasant Emotions in Linking Cognitive Appraisals and Academic Procrastination in Doing Thesis Article: A Perspective of Control-Value Theory
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210304.060How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- emotions, Linking Cognitive, Procrastination, Value Theory
- Abstract
The objective the present study was to investigate the relationships among cognitive appraisals (self-efficacy, value, and causal attribution), unpleasant emotions (anxiety, anger, boredom, and hopeless), and academic procrastination (intention-behavior discrepancy, lack of promptness, and preferences in choosing activities) in college student while they were doing thesis. More specifically, the study investigated the mediating role of unpleasant emotions in linking cognitive appraisals and procrastination in doing thesis from the perspective of the expectancy-value theory. A total of 128 college students completed a self-reported survey for the study. The results of the study showed that unpleasant emotions influencing procrastination in doing thesis is anxiety, which was also influenced by cognitive appraisals, self-efficacy particularly. Based on the findings of the current research, it seemed that to increase perseverance and engagement in doing thesis could be done by increasing the efficacy of students so that it will reduce anxiety.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - R D Agustiningsih PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/08 TI - Unpleasant Emotions in Linking Cognitive Appraisals and Academic Procrastination in Doing Thesis Article: A Perspective of Control-Value Theory BT - Proceedings of the 1st Paris Van Java International Seminar on Health, Economics, Social Science and Humanities (PVJ-ISHESSH 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 279 EP - 282 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210304.060 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210304.060 ID - Agustiningsih2021 ER -