Gadjah Mada Journal of Psychology (GamaJoP)
Vol 12, No 1 (2026)

College Students vs. Online Gaming: Academic Procrastination, Conscientiousness and Self-regulated Learning

Chani, Azzahra Jihan (Unknown)
Hadjam, M. Noor Rochman (Unknown)
Marissa, Aski (Unknown)
Tarigan, Avinanta (Unknown)
Damariyanti, Meta (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 May 2026

Abstract

As part of the education community, students are expected to achieve academic goals. However, they oftenengage in academic procrastination due to distractions such as online gaming. The purpose of this study was toempirically determine the extent to which conscientiousness and self-regulated learning predict the academicprocrastination of students who play online games. The participants (N=119) were undergraduate students, aged 18-25years old, who actively played online games for at least 10 hours per week. The research instruments used wereSchouwenburg’s academic procrastination scale, the NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (conscientiousness items), andFitriani’s self-regulated learning scale. The results showed that conscientiousness and self-regulated learningcontribute significantly to the reduction of academic procrastination among students (F=319.702; p < 0.01; R2=0.846),indicating that self-control and conscientiousness play a crucial role in student learning behavior.

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gamajop

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Education Environmental Science Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Public Health Social Sciences Other

Description

Gadjah Mada Journal of Psychology (GamaJoP) ISSN 2407-7798 is an open-access journal disseminating empirical research on current topics in the broad area of psychology (clinical, social, developmental, educational or Industrial and Organizational) with a behavioral, cognitive, positive psychology ...