The Influence of Emptiness on Academic Procrastination Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Academic Delay of Gratification
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College Students, Emptiness, Academic Procrastination, Academic Delay of Gratification, Mediating EffectAbstract
This study aims to explore how emptiness influences academic procrastination in college students and to clarify the mediating mechanism of academic delay of gratification. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 305 university students using standardized measurement tools, and the collected data were analyzed via SPSS 26.0 and the PROCESS macro. The results indicate that both emptiness and academic procrastination among participants are significantly higher than the theoretical mean, with significant differences observed across certain demographic variables. Emptiness is significantly negatively correlated with academic delay of gratification and strongly positively correlated with academic procrastination. After controlling for demographic factors, academic delay of gratification plays a significant masking role in the association between emptiness and academic procrastination. Specifically, emptiness not only directly and positively predicts academic procrastination but also indirectly aggravates it by weakening students’ ability to delay gratification in academic contexts. This study provides practical implications for universities to design interventions against academic procrastination and improves mental health education.
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