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Research Paper | Psychology Science | Indonesia | Volume 7 Issue 10, October 2018

The Relationship of Self Control with the Tendency of Academic Procrastination Behavior of Night Class Students in 2008 Persada Indonesia University Y.A.I Faculty of Psychology

B. Dian Novitasari | Dian Candra Dewi

Abstract: Success in completing education requires a lot of self-ability to make it happen, one of the skills an individual has is self control, it is can minimize or eliminate the tendency of academic procrastination behavior that can hinder the success of student education. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of self-control and the tendency of academic procrastination behavior of night class students in 2008 Persada Indonesia University Faculty of Psychology. Procrastination is defined as a delay that is carried out intentionally and repeatedly, by carrying out other activities that are not needed in the execution of tasks. Self control is a behavior control activity before deciding the behavior to act. The research hypothesis is that there is the relationship of self-control and the tendency of academic procrastination behavior of night class students in 2008 Persada Indonesia University Faculty of Psychology. The population of this study was a night class student of the 2008 Persada Indonesia University Faculty of Psychology, amounting to 51 students, with the retrieval technique is a census method. Data collection methods consist of the scale of academic procrastination and the scale of self-control based on a Likert scale. Analysis of research data through bivariate correlation obtained the value of rxy = (-0.725) which means that null hypothesis there is no relationship of self-control with the tendency of academic procrastination behavior of night class students in 2008 Persada Indonesia University Faculty of Psychology rejected, then research hypothesis there the relationship of self-control with the tendency of the behavior of academic procrastination at night class students in 2008 Persada Indonesia University Faculty of Psychology was accepted. The conclusion obtained from this study is that there is a negative correlation between self-control and the tendency of academic procrastination behavior.

Keywords: SELF CONTROL, ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION, STUDENTS, BEHAVIOR

Edition: Volume 7 Issue 10, October 2018,

Pages: 158 - 161