Affiliation:
1. Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2. Institute of Applied Psychology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of parental emotional neglect on the academic procrastination of late adolescents and further analyze the mediating role of future self-continuity and ego depletion. This study included 609 college students, 344 males and 265 females, ranging in age from 17 to 21 years (M = 18.39, SD = 0.82), who responded to four questionnaires measuring parental emotional neglect, academic procrastination, future self-continuity, and ego depletion, respectively. The results showed that future self-continuity and ego depletion mediated the association between parental emotional neglect and late adolescents’ academic procrastination in a serial pattern. Perceived higher levels of parental emotional neglect correlated with lower future self-continuity and higher ego depletion in these late adolescents, leading to higher levels of academic procrastination.
Funder
The National Natural Science Foundation of China
Open Fund from Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in Hubei Province-Research Center of University Student Development and Innovation Education, a guided program
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine,General Neuroscience