The Effect of Conformity and Self-Efficacy on Academic Procrastination Through Intrinsic Motivation

Abstract

Academic procrastination is a common phenomenon among students that can disrupt learning and academic achievement. This issue motivated the present research to analyze the effect of conformity and self-efficacy on academic procrastination of grade VII and VIII students at Junior High Schools or several SMP in Baki Sub-district, Sukoharjo Regency, with intrinsic motivation as the mediator variable. A quantitative approach was used, and the data was collected using questionnaires. Here, 300 students selected through proportional random sampling from 1,632 became the samples for later, their data were analyzed using multiple regression, and regarding the findings, conformity and self-efficacy significantly affected students' intrinsic motivation and academic procrastination. However, intrinsic motivation was not an essential mediator in the relationship. In this way, an implication for counselors is to reduce academic procrastination among students.