Academic procrastination behaviors of adolescents preparing for the university exam according to their psychological flexibility levels

It can be said that adolescents preparing for the university entrance exam experience behavioral problems such as stress, anxiety, time management difficulties, not being able to start working, not being able to continue working after a certain period of study behavior, and procrastination, which is common in education life. While some adolescents can adapt to the challenging life situations they face; It can be stated that some of them cannot manage these processes well enough and show avoidance behaviors. For this reason, the idea of examining the academic procrastination behaviors of adolescents preparing for the university entrance exam with some demographic variables has emerged according to their psychological flexibility levels. In this study, it was aimed to examine the academic procrastination behaviors of adolescents preparing for the university exam according to their psychological flexibility levels. In this direction, primarily a theoretical approach has been made. Then, apart from the demographic characteristics scale, 2 different scales were used and fieldwork was carried out. The study group of the research consists of 210 females and 173 males, totally 383 adolescents who are studying in fourteen different high school education institutions, determined by sampling the convenient/appropriate method. The data obtained as a result of the fieldwork carried out by distributing the "multidimensional psychological flexibility inventory", "procrastination behavior evaluation scale" and "personal information form" were analyzed with the SPSS 25.0 program in order to obtain the research data carried out according to the survey model. Data collection tools were applied with both print and online methods. As a result of the analysis, significant differences were found between procrastination behaviors and psychological flexibility scales according to demographic variables such as gender, distressing events, diploma grade, professional goal setting, family income, severity of the distressing event and number of siblings. In the inter-scale relations, there is a negative relationship between the psychological flexibility dimension and the procrastination behavior; It has been determined that there is a positive relationship between the psychological rigidity dimension and procrastination behavior.