This study examined whether college students' excessive dependence on smartphones affects their academic procrastination. In particular, we confirmed whether there was a mediating effect of self-efficacy in this relationship. The research results are ...
This study examined whether college students' excessive dependence on smartphones affects their academic procrastination. In particular, we confirmed whether there was a mediating effect of self-efficacy in this relationship. The research results are as follows. First, the overdependence behavioral characteristics of smartphone users, such as failure to regulate and salience and problematic result characteristics, all had a significant effect on academic procrastination. Second, self-efficacy was found to have a mediating effect on the influence of smartphone overdependence's control failure, salience, and problematic result characteristics on academic procrastination. The results of this study suggest that, in order to prevent academic procrastination among college students, practical interventions that enhance self-efficacy, an internal resource of learners, should be implemented in addition to simply restricting smartphone use. These results can be used as basic data for establishing smartphone overdependence prevention programs and academic adaptation support strategies in university education settings.