Abstract

ARAUJO, Gleyde Raiane de et al. Academic Procrastination: Contributions of Demographic Variables and Cognitive Test Anxiety in Brazilian University Students. Rev. Psicol. Saúde [online]. 2024, vol.16, e16272489.  Epub Feb 03, 2025. ISSN 2177-093X.  https://doi.org/10.20435/pssa.v16i1.2489.

The present study aimed to investigate the extent to which cognitive test anxiety explains academic procrastination, while controlling for the influence of gender and age variables, among university students in the Northeast region. A sample of 570 university students (Mage = 22.43; SD = 5.43; ranging from 18 to 56 years old) was included. The majority were women (59.5%), enrolled in public institutions (59.8%), with Psychology (41.8%) and Physiotherapy (11.1%) being the most common majors. The Test Anxiety Scale, Tuckman Procrastination Scale, and a sociodemographic questionnaire were used. Correlation and hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted using SPSS. The results indicated that cognitive test anxiety and age contributed to explaining academic procrastination, with the contribution of the gender variable not being significant. In the final model, the set of variables explained 18% of the total variation. It is concluded that the cognitive component of test anxiety serves as a risk factor for procrastination behavior in the academic context, particularly among younger university students.

Keywords : test anxiety; procrastination; university students.

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