Active Procrastination and its Relationship to Creative Self-Efficacy and Locus of Control among Students of King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence in Al-Karak
التسويف النشط وعلاقته بكل من الفاعلية الذاتية الإبداعية ومركز الضبط لدى طلبة الملك عبدالله للتميز في محافظة الكرك
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Active procrastination, creative self-efficacy, locus of control, King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence.Abstract
The study aimed to investigate active procrastination and its relationship with both creative self-efficacy and locus of control among students at King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence in Al-Karak Governorate. A sample of 141 male and female students was selected using the stratified random sampling method. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive correlational approach was employed, using the following instruments: the Active Procrastination Scale, the Creative Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Locus of Control Scale. Validity and reliability indicators were established for these tools, and results showed that they possessed acceptable psychometric properties for use in this study. To answer the study questions, Pearson correlation coefficients were used to analyze the relationships between variables, and regression analysis was employed to examine the predictive power of active procrastination on both creative self-efficacy and locus of control. The results showed that the level of active procrastination was moderate, with a mean of (2.79), and that creative self-efficacy was at a moderate level, with a mean of (3.47). The sub dimension Creative Thinking Self-Efficacy ranked first with a mean of (3.45), while Creative Performance Self-Efficacy ranked last with a mean of (3.42). The results further revealed a positive correlation between active procrastination and both creative self-efficacy and locus of control. The correlation coefficient between active procrastination and creative self-efficacy was (0.612), which was statistically significant at (α ≤ .05). The correlation coefficient between active procrastination and locus of control was (0.441), also statistically significant at (α ≤ .05). Additionally, active procrastination and creative self-efficacy together accounted for 66.6% of the variance in creative self-efficacy, indicating that active procrastination is a predictor of creative self-efficacy.
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