The role of big five traits and self-esteem on academic procrastination in Honduran and Spanish university students: A cross-cultural study
Sergio Hidalgo-Fuentes,
Isabel Martínez-Álvarez,
Fátima Llamas-Salguero,
Iris Suyapa Pineda-Zelaya,
César Merino-Soto,
Guillermo M. Chans
Affiliations
Sergio Hidalgo-Fuentes
Departamento de Psicología y Salud, Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA), Vía de Servicio A-6, 15, 28400, Collado Villalba, Madrid, Spain; Departamento de Psicología Básica. Universitat de València, Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010, Valencia, Spain
Isabel Martínez-Álvarez
Departamento de Educación, Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA), Vía de Servicio A-6, 15, 28400, Collado Villalba, Madrid, Spain
Fátima Llamas-Salguero
Departamento Ciencias de La Educación, Universidad de Extremadura, Av. de Elvas, S/n, 06006, Badajoz, Spain
Iris Suyapa Pineda-Zelaya
Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán, Colonia Sitraleyde, La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras
César Merino-Soto
Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, 64700, Mexico; Instituto de Investigación de La Escuela de Psicología, Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Lima 34, Lima, Peru
Guillermo M. Chans
Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, 64700, Mexico; School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, 01389, Mexico; Corresponding author. Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, 64700, Mexico.
Academic procrastination, a prevalent issue in higher education, has been associated with various adverse outcomes. This study aims to discern and compare the degrees of academic procrastination among university students in Honduras and Spain while also investigating the relationship between academic procrastination and the Big Five personality factors alongside self-esteem. The sample comprised 457 university students, encompassing 237 Hondurans and 220 Spaniards. The research employed descriptive, comparative, correlational, and regression analyses. Honduran university students exhibited a significantly lower level of academic procrastination. Correlational analyses revealed that self-esteem and all Big Five personality factors, except for neuroticism in the Spanish cohort, displayed noteworthy associations with academic procrastination. Further regression analyses demonstrated that conscientiousness emerged as a significant predictor of procrastination in both samples. This study's findings can be pivotal in identifying students at risk of procrastination at an early stage. Additionally, the results can inform the development of intervention programs designed to mitigate procrastination tendencies among university students.
