INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research
Vol 2 No 2 (2021): Vol. 2 No. 2 December 2021

Can fear of failure predict academic procrastination? A study of Indonesian university students

Nur Fauziah Karim (Department of Psychology, Universitas Bosowa, South Sulawesi, Indonesia)
Minarni (Department of Psychology, Universitas Bosowa, South Sulawesi, Indonesia)
Syahrul Alim (Department of Psychology, Universitas Bosowa, South Sulawesi, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Dec 2021

Abstract

This study aims to determine the ability of fear of failure in predicting academic procrastination in students in Indonesia by involving 428 respondents (male = 52.63%). The instruments used are the academic procrastination scale and the fear of failure scale. Analysis of this research data uses a simple linear regression technique. This study showed that fear of failure affected academic procrastination significantly with a contribution value of 38.6% positive direction, while 61.4% was influenced by other factors not studied. Research confirms that students with high levels of fear of failure tend to have high levels of academic procrastination and vice versa

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Abbrev

inspira

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Subject

Religion Humanities Social Sciences

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INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research accepts empirical-research articles in any psychology-related subjects and any research methodology (i.e., experimental, observational, ethnographic, survey, interpretive) corresponding to the area of psychology or behavioral science that meet ...