Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the predictions on academic procrastination of university students' future expectations. The study also examined academic procrastination tendencies and future expectations of university students according to their gender, age, grade level, field of study, and whether they like the department they study. The research was conducted according to the relational scanning model, one of the quantitative research methods. The participants of the study consisted of 432 (228 males and 204 females) university students. The findings show that future expectation significantly predicts academic procrastination negatively. While the academic procrastination tendencies of university students did not differ significantly according to their gender and grade levels, a significant difference was found in terms of their age levels, the type of field they studied, and whether they liked the department they studied. While the future expectations of the students did not differ significantly according to their gender and age levels, it was determined that they differ significantly according to their class level, the type of field they were studying and whether they liked the department they studied. The results of this study can be an effective intervention to increase the future expectations of university students in terms of reducing the negative consequences of procrastination behaviors.

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