ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
The impact of trait anxiety on academic procrastination among college students: the mediating role of academic self-efficacy and the moderating role of autonomous learning motivation.
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Introduction: This study aimed to elucidate the mechanisms through which trait anxiety influences academic procrastination among college students, with a focus on the roles of academic self-efficacy and autonomous learning motivation. Methods: A survey was conducted with 3,370 college students. Correlation, mediation, and moderated mediation analyses were employed to examine the interrelationships among trait anxiety, academic self-efficacy, autonomous learning motivation, and academic procrastination. Results: Over 50% of participants reported moderate or higher levels of academic procrastination (M = 23.18, SD = 5.33). Trait anxiety showed significant positive correlations with academic procrastination, while academic self-efficacy and autonomous learning motivation were negatively correlated with both trait anxiety and procrastination. Trait anxiety significantly predicted academic procrastination ( Discussion: The findings suggest that trait anxiety contributes to academic procrastination both directly and indirectly through diminished academic self-efficacy. Autonomous learning motivation serves as a protective buffer. Interventions aimed at reducing academic procrastination should address students' anxiety, enhance their academic self-efficacy, and foster autonomous learning motivation.
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