The Effect of Proactive Personality on College Students’ Procrastination: The Mediating Roles of Core Self-evaluations

Abstract

Abstract: Based on the theory of proactive personality and procrastination equation, the current study introduced one mediating variable (core self-evaluations) to examine the relationship between college students’ proactive personality and procrastination. A sample of 528 college students, from three Chinese universities, were surveyed with the proactive personality questionnaire, the core self-evaluations scale, and Aitken procrastination inventory. The results showed that: (1) procrastination was negatively correlated with proactive personality and core-self evaluations, while proactive personality was positively correlated with core-self evaluations; (2) structural equation model analysis suggested that proactive personality not only have a direct effect on procrastination, but also have an indirect effect on procrastination through core self-evaluations.

Key words: proactive personality, core self-evaluations, procrastination, college students

摘要： 基于主动性人格理论与拖延理论，考察大学生主动性人格对其拖延行为的影响，以及核心自我评价在其中的中介作用。采用中文版主动性人格问卷、中文版核心自我评价量表和Aitken拖延问卷中文修订本对528名在校大学生进行调查。结果表明：（1）大学生的主动性人格、核心自我评价与拖延行为均呈显著负相关，主动性人格与核心自我评价呈显著正相关；（2）结构方程模型分析显示，主动性人格既直接影响大学生的拖延行为，又可通过核心自我评价的中介作用对大学生的拖延行为产生间接影响。

关键词: 主动性人格, 核心自我评价, 拖延, 大学生

CLC Number:

B849

LUO Jie, CHEN Wei, YANG Guifang, WU Danping, LIU Tuo. The Effect of Proactive Personality on College Students’ Procrastination: The Mediating Roles of Core Self-evaluations[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2019, 17(5): 692-698.

罗杰, 陈维, 杨桂芳, 吴丹萍, 刘拓. 大学生主动性人格对其拖延行为的影响：核心自我评价的中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2019, 17(5): 692-698.

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