ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

ABSTRACT Academic procrastination is the postponement of tasks related to studies: doing work, reading texts, studying for exams, among others. This article aimed to perform a systematic review of the literature about academic procrastination in university students, from 2008 to 2017. Three databases were chosen: SciELO, BvSalud and BvsPsi, with the combination of the descriptors “procrastination”, “university students”, “college students”, “undergraduate students”, “academic procrastination” was used, as well as derivations in Portuguese and Spanish. From the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 11 complete articles were selected. Most of the works pointed out the harmful nature of procrastinatory behavior, its relationship with the self-regulation of learning, as well as the difference in the study strategies used by procrastinating and non-procrastinating students. It was concluded that research about the theme is still incipient in the Brazilian context, requiring further exploration by researchers, with possible impacts for understanding the phenomenon and developing interventions with higher education students.

摘要：学术拖延（academic procrastination）指的是对学业相关任务的推迟行为，涵盖完成作业、阅读文本、备考等场景。本文旨在对2008年至2017年间有关大学生学术拖延的文献开展系统综述。本次研究选取SciELO、BvSalud及BvsPsi三个数据库，检索时采用了"拖延（procrastination）""大学生（university students）""高校学生（college students）""本科学生（undergraduate students）""学术拖延（academic procrastination）"等检索词，并纳入葡萄牙语与西班牙语的该类术语衍生形式。依据纳入与排除标准，最终筛选出11篇完整文献。多数研究表明，拖延行为具有危害性，其与学习自我调节存在紧密关联，同时拖延型学生与非拖延型学生所采用的学习策略存在显著差异。研究结论显示，在巴西语境下，该主题的相关研究仍处于起步阶段，亟待研究者开展进一步探索，这将有助于深入理解该现象，并为高等教育学生制定针对性干预措施提供科学参考。