Time perspectives and procrastination in university students: exploring the moderating role of basic psychological need satisfaction

Background: Research on procrastination, regarding time perspective factors and basic psychological need satisfaction (BPNS) has placed this problem at the meeting point of individual and contextual variables. The present study focused both on the individual, given that time perspectives can be defi...

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Autores: Codina, Núria (Codina Mata), Castillo Fernández, Isabel, Pestana, José Vicente, Valenzuela, Rafael
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Procrastinació
Estudiants universitaris
Gestió del temps
Procrastination
College students
Time management
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spelling Time perspectives and procrastination in university students: exploring the moderating role of basic psychological need satisfactionCodina, Núria (Codina Mata)Castillo Fernández, IsabelPestana, José VicenteValenzuela, RafaelProcrastinacióEstudiants universitarisGestió del tempsProcrastinationCollege studentsTime managementBackground: Research on procrastination, regarding time perspective factors and basic psychological need satisfaction (BPNS) has placed this problem at the meeting point of individual and contextual variables. The present study focused both on the individual, given that time perspectives can be defined as a person’s attitude to an object (time) at three moments (present, past, future); and on contextual aspects, because the satisfaction of basic psychological needs (competence, autonomy, relatedness) is facilitated or made difficult by social contexts. Based on this, the aim of this study was to analyse the relationships between time perspectives and inter-subject procrastination variations, testing the moderating role of BPNS in this relationship. Method: A total of 1,188 undergraduate students, aged 17-50 years (M = 20.02, SD = 2.63), completed three questionnaires containing the variables of interest. Results: Regression analyses showed significant negative (thus, potentially protective) association of future time perspective with all three procrastination dimensions (decisional procrastination, implemental delay, and lateness). Conversely, past-negative time perspective showed a positive (thus, potentially adverse) association with procrastination. Satisfaction of the need for competence also showed a negative (thus, potentially protective) association with all procrastination dimensions. On eight occasions, the relationships between time perspectives and procrastination dimensions were moderated by psychological need satisfaction. Conclusions: These findings show that BPNS may play relevant roles in the negative (favourable) relationships between procrastination dimensions and positive time perspectives, as well as in the positive (adverse) associations between negative time perspectives and procrastination dimensions. Contextual interventions fostering enhanced levels of perceived autonomy, competence, and relatedness, as well as future time perspective, are thus strong candidates to consider for use and evaluation by policy makers, pedagogues, teachers, coaches and other professionals interested in counteracting procrastination tendencies.BioMed Central2026202620242026info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion21 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/225290Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Social i Psicologia Quantitativa)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01494-8BMC Psychology, 2024, vol. 12, 5https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01494-8cc-by (c) Codina, Núria et al., 2024http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2252902026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Time perspectives and procrastination in university students: exploring the moderating role of basic psychological need satisfaction
title Time perspectives and procrastination in university students: exploring the moderating role of basic psychological need satisfaction
spellingShingle Time perspectives and procrastination in university students: exploring the moderating role of basic psychological need satisfaction
Codina, Núria (Codina Mata)
Procrastinació
Estudiants universitaris
Gestió del temps
Procrastination
College students
Time management
title_short Time perspectives and procrastination in university students: exploring the moderating role of basic psychological need satisfaction
title_full Time perspectives and procrastination in university students: exploring the moderating role of basic psychological need satisfaction
title_fullStr Time perspectives and procrastination in university students: exploring the moderating role of basic psychological need satisfaction
title_full_unstemmed Time perspectives and procrastination in university students: exploring the moderating role of basic psychological need satisfaction
title_sort Time perspectives and procrastination in university students: exploring the moderating role of basic psychological need satisfaction
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Codina, Núria (Codina Mata)
Castillo Fernández, Isabel
Pestana, José Vicente
Valenzuela, Rafael
author Codina, Núria (Codina Mata)
author_facet Codina, Núria (Codina Mata)
Castillo Fernández, Isabel
Pestana, José Vicente
Valenzuela, Rafael
author_role author
author2 Castillo Fernández, Isabel
Pestana, José Vicente
Valenzuela, Rafael
author2_role author
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Procrastinació
Estudiants universitaris
Gestió del temps
Procrastination
College students
Time management
topic Procrastinació
Estudiants universitaris
Gestió del temps
Procrastination
College students
Time management
description Background: Research on procrastination, regarding time perspective factors and basic psychological need satisfaction (BPNS) has placed this problem at the meeting point of individual and contextual variables. The present study focused both on the individual, given that time perspectives can be defined as a person’s attitude to an object (time) at three moments (present, past, future); and on contextual aspects, because the satisfaction of basic psychological needs (competence, autonomy, relatedness) is facilitated or made difficult by social contexts. Based on this, the aim of this study was to analyse the relationships between time perspectives and inter-subject procrastination variations, testing the moderating role of BPNS in this relationship. Method: A total of 1,188 undergraduate students, aged 17-50 years (M = 20.02, SD = 2.63), completed three questionnaires containing the variables of interest. Results: Regression analyses showed significant negative (thus, potentially protective) association of future time perspective with all three procrastination dimensions (decisional procrastination, implemental delay, and lateness). Conversely, past-negative time perspective showed a positive (thus, potentially adverse) association with procrastination. Satisfaction of the need for competence also showed a negative (thus, potentially protective) association with all procrastination dimensions. On eight occasions, the relationships between time perspectives and procrastination dimensions were moderated by psychological need satisfaction. Conclusions: These findings show that BPNS may play relevant roles in the negative (favourable) relationships between procrastination dimensions and positive time perspectives, as well as in the positive (adverse) associations between negative time perspectives and procrastination dimensions. Contextual interventions fostering enhanced levels of perceived autonomy, competence, and relatedness, as well as future time perspective, are thus strong candidates to consider for use and evaluation by policy makers, pedagogues, teachers, coaches and other professionals interested in counteracting procrastination tendencies.
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