Examining Protective Factors of Academic Procrastination in the Media Multitasking Era Among Adolescents: The Role of Self-Control,Grit,and Academic Self-Efficacy / Análisis de los factores protectores de la procrastinación académica en la era de la multitarea mediática entre adolescentes: el papel del autocontrol,la tenacidad y la autoeficacia académica

Abstract

The increasing prevalence of media use among students has led to frequent media multitasking, which has been associated with higher levels of academic procrastination and its detrimental outcomes. This study seeks to identify protective factors that may mitigate academic procrastination in the era of media multitasking. A sample of 953 adolescents completed a paper-based survey at school. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed to address the study’s objectives. Suppression effects were found for both self-control and grit on academic procrastination. While self-control was negatively associated with academic procrastination through its link to lower media multitasking, it was also related to more academic procrastination. Grit was directly and negatively associated with academic procrastination but might also be positively related to academic procrastination through its association with higher academic self-efficacy. This study has significant implications for preventing academic procrastination in the media multitasking era.