Students' Academic Procrastination in Writing a Thesis Reviewed from Academic Resilience and Grit

Abstract

Superior human resources determine the progress of a country. Universities are the highest education providers that are expected to produce quality resources. The master's study program is at level 8 of the KKNI (Indonesian National Qualifications Framework). As a conclusion to studies in the master's program, students must write a thesis. Some students experience obstacles in writing their thesis. One of them is that most master students study while working. These two conflicts of interest often lead to academic procrastination, especially in thesis writing. This research examines the role of academic resilience and grit as barriers to academic procrastination. In other words, this research aims to determine the role of the two predictors of academic procrastination. A total of 123 students at a university in Jakarta who were working and randomly selected were involved in this research. This research used three scales, namely the academic resilience scale, grit scale and procrastination scale. The results of data analysis found that the two predictors, namely academic resilience and grit, had a negative role or influence on academic procrastination with R2 of 0.357 and p<0.05. This research also found that grit is the most dominant predictor in negatively influencing academic procrastination.