Abstract:

The study purpose: to identify students’ manifestations of procrastination during the Covid-19 pandemic depending on types of their activities.

The following methods were used in the empirical study: Lay's General Procrastination Scale to determine procrastination levels (Lay, 1992), the test-questionnaire “Ability to self-management” to determine self-management and its components (Peysakhov, 1991); Locus of Control Scale to determine subjective control (Rotter, 1966). The study was conducted during the quarantine restrictions on the basis of Ukrainian universities.

The obtained empirical data showed that procrastination and correction were higher in women than those in men. In contrast, internality in interpersonal relationships and internality in achievement were significantly higher in men.

There were statistically significant differences between those who only studied and those who studied and worked at the same time for the following indicators: analysis of contradictions, forecasting, self-control and internality in interpersonal relationships. Students who only studied had higher indicators of analysis of contradictions and forecasting, while, students who studied and worked showed higher indicators of self-control and internality in interpersonal relations.

The obtained results indicated that students, on average, were characterized by periodic postponement of both household and academic tasks for later, but still there were moments when tasks were completed in time. Students who tended to take responsibility for everything around them showed lower procrastination than students who relied on external life circumstances. Students with higher levels of self-management indicators related to the future had lower procrastination.

Procrastination became less with age, men showed higher procrastination compared to women; and procrastination was inversely related to subjective control: the more people relied in life on their own capabilities, the less they tended to postpone important tasks.

The factors for procrastination of students who only studied were: internality, future-oriented self-management and real self-management, expressed in the tendency to rely on themselves, the ability to clearly manage all areas of their activities both now and in the future, but their planning and forecasting were low. Instead, the factors for procrastination of students who worked and studied at the same time were: future-oriented internality, independence and real self-government, manifested in self-confidence in the future, independence in their actions and full management of their activities, their planning and forecasting also were high.

Keywords:

Procrastination, level of subjective control, independence, self-government, students, quarantine.