Subjective well-being in university students: what are the impacts of procrastination and attachment styles?

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of attachment styles and academic procrastination on subjective well-being in university students. In line with the causal research design, the sample consisted of 733 university students, 513 female and 220 male. The Subjective Well-Being Scale, the Academic Procrastination Scale, the Relationship Scales Questionnaire and a Personal Information Form were used for data collection. Data were subjected to path analysis. The findings from the study show that a preoccupied attachment style has a direct, positive effect on academic procrastination, while academic procrastination has a direct, negative effect on subjective well-being. We concluded that a preoccupied attachment style has an indirect effect on subjective well-being.

KEYWORDS:

• Subjective well-being
• academic procrastination
• attachment styles

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Çiğdem Berber Çelik

Çiğdem Berber Çelik is an Associate Professor of Guidance and Counselling at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Turkey. Her research interests include psychological counselling training, problematic internet use, academic procrastination, and child abuse and neglect.

Hatice Odaci

Hatice Odaci is Professor of Guidance and Counselling at Trabzon University, Turkey. Her research interests include psychological counselling training, individual and group counselling supervision, problematic internet use, and attachment styles.