Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Journal of Eurasian Education and Culture, cilt.6, sa.13, ss.1028-1060, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
Recent studies revealed that higher education students’ tendency towards academic
procrastination behaviors is a threat to their academic achievement. This study aimed to examine
the mediating role of achievement goal orientations on the association between academic
procrastination behaviors and academic achievement. The research was carried out using the
survey model. The participants of the study consisted of 484 higher education students at a
university located in the eastern part of Turkey. The data of the study was collected via the
demographic information form developed by the researcher, the Academic Procrastination Scale
adapted in Turkish by Özer, Saçkes, and Tuckman (2013), and the 2x2 Achievement Goal
Orientation Scale developed by Akın (2006). The academic achievements of the students were
obtained from their grade point averages (GPA). The results revealed that academic
procrastination negatively predicted academic achievement. In addition, it was found that it did
not predict avoidance goal orientations while academic procrastination negatively predicted
approach goal orientations. Hence, academic achievement was negatively predicted by avoidance
goal orientations and positively predicted by approach goal orientations. Moreover, approach goal
orientations have a mediating role in the association between academic procrastination behaviors
and academic achievement. It was also concluded that it is important to encourage students to
adopt approach goal orientations in order to decrease the negative effect of academic
procrastination tendency on academic performance. These limitations are that the research
consists of a cross-sectional structure and the structural equation modeling is based on the
assumptions designed by the researchers. Considering the current limitations, some suggestions
are presented for future research.