Procrastination: Rethinking trait models

Bu çalışmanın amacı, erteleme ile nevrotizm arasındaki karşılıklı ilişkiyi, sorumluluk ve olumsuz yaşam olaylarına bağlı olarak, non-recursive bir model kapsamında incelemektir. Çalışma, 2011-2012 eğitim ve öğretim yılında Gazi Üniversitesi Sanat ve Tasarım Fakültesi'nde öğrenimlerine devam eden 677 öğretmen adayı (363’ü kadın, 302’si erkek, 12'si belirtilmedi) üzerinde yapılmıştır. Katılımcılara Sıfatlara Dayalı Kişilik Testi (Bacanlı ve ark., 2007), Genel Erteleme Ölçeği (Çakıcı, 2003) ve Üniversite Öğrencileri İçin Yaşam Olayları Envanteri (Dinç, 2001) uygulanmıştır. Çalışmanın sonuçları, nevrotizm ve erteleme arasında pozitif yönde karşılıklı ilişkilerin bulunduğunu, sorumluluğun erteleme ile negatif yönde, olumsuz yaşam olaylarının ise nevrotizm ile pozitif yönde ilişkili olduklarını göstermektedir. Ayrıca sorumluluğun nevrotizm; olumsuz yaşam olaylarının da erteleme üzerindeki dolaylı etkileri istatistiksel bakımdan anlamlı bulunmuştur.

Erteleme: Özellik modellerinin gözden geçirilmesi

The purpose of the present study is to examine the reciprocal relationship between procrastination and neuroticism depending on conscientiousness and negative life events within the scope of a non-recursive model. The study was carried out during the 2011-2012 academic year on 677 teacher candidates (363 females, 302 males) attending the Art and Design Faculty of Gazi University. The participants were administered the Personality Test Based on Adjectives (Bacanlı et al., 2007), the General Procrastination Scale (Çakıcı, 2003), and the Life Events Inventory (Dinç, 2001). The results of this study indicated that there was a positive reciprocal relationship between neuroticism and procrastination, and that conscientiousness was negatively correlated with procrastination whereas negative life events were positively correlated with neuroticism. Also, the indirect effects of conscientiousness on neuroticism and of negative life events on procrastination were found to be statistically significant.

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