Procrastination among students: causes and prevention

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of
academic procrastination of students as a violation of the volitional
sphere. The characteristic signs, causes of occurrence, and ways of
prevention are presented. The article includes a brief overview of sources
on procrastination’s signs, causes, prevention of procrastinational states
of people who are getting education. In the article are given results of
research, for conducting of which we used a test based on the irrational
procrastination scale (IPS). The results are also presented in the article,
which shows that procrastination is a quite widespread and relevant
phenomenon that requires professional intervention. The optimal ways
of prevention and recommendations for reducing the overall level of
procrastination are shown.