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Affectation of Procrastination

in Students at

Dulce Corazon de Maria School.

Lizeth Mariana Sanchez Forero
Marianaforero1313@gmail.com
Languages Departament, Dulce Corazon de Maria School
Villa de Leyva, Boyaca

Abstract In the academic part, it generates indiscipline, since the assigned work is
Currently, the bad habit of procrastination has been identified, which is always postponed, causing an accumulation and when the time comes to
understood as delaying activities or situations that should be attended to do it, the only thing they achieve is being frustrated and the inability to

at that precise moment, substituting them or replacing them with other comply with their work by not doing it at the right time and even this
more irrelevant or pleasant situations at the moment, for fear of facing could even cause them anxiety knowing that they are allowing
them and/or laziness to carry them out. It was evidenced that this fact themselves to be affected by procrastination, in a very important duty as
was present in the majority of tenth-grade students of the Dulce Corazón it is to fulfill each of the tasks. Secondly, daily procrastination can
de María school, bringing with it problems associated with poor negatively affect personal, physical, and emotional health, as it causes
academic performance and mainly because the students did not hand in unwillingness to fulfill an obligation or commitment since it would not
their work on time, being affected in their studies. In addition, the be useful when it comes to getting a job. In addition, it was identified that

possible causes of academic procrastination were identified, according the inappropriate use of social networks such as Tik Tok, Facebook,
to the perception of the students. It was found that it is due to the fear of Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Snapchat, and Twitter, generate
failure and the distractions present, such as electronic devices, causing greater procrastination in their lives. So social networks would be the
too much loss of time. main cause where people tend to procrastinate their duties as they are
making excessive use of all these social networks, where they may not
Keywords: Procrastination, affectation of procrastination, academic even have the will have measure their time correctly or do the
performance, school life. fundamental things first.

Resumen: En la actualidad se ha identificado el mal hábito de Materials and Methods: The approach chosen for the development of

postergación que se entiende por retrasar actividades o situaciones que this research is mixed and descriptive, where the total population is
deben atenderse en ese preciso momento, sustituyéndolas o seventeen students, with an average age between 15 and 16 years, and
reemplazándolas por otras situaciones más irrelevantes o placenteras de the sample was eight students, who were randomly selected. It is
momento, por miedo a afrontarlas y/o pereza a realizarlas. Se evidencio qualitative because it identified how students are affected by
que este hecho se presenta en la mayoría de estudiantes de grado decimo procrastination, both in their daily lives and in their academic
del Colegio Dulce Corazón de María, trayendo consigo problemas performance. It is also quantitative because it was determined how many
asociados al mal rendimiento académico y principalmente porque los students procrastinate in their daily and school activities, to give a

estudiantes no entregan sus trabajos a tiempo, viéndose afectados en sus percentage.
estudios. Además, se identificaron las posibles causas de la In addition, data were collected through five workshops held every 8
procrastinación académica, según la percepción de los estudiantes. Lo days, developed through open and closed surveys, complementary
que se comprobó que es por el miedo al fracaso y por las distracciones videos, handicrafts, debates, concentration activities, and slides used for
presentes, como lo es en los dispositivos electrónicos, ocasionando explanation.
demasiada perdedera de tiempo.
Results: It was decided to use the "color coding" technique with the help
Palabras claves: Procrastinación, afectación de la procrastinación, of the workshops conducted and includes 3 categories: prior and
rendimiento académico, vida escolar. subsequent knowledge of procrastination, affectation, and consequences.

Introduction However, the students were able to identify how procrastination affected
Mainly, it could be said that procrastination is a current problem that them, and according to the surveys, many of the participants indicated
occurs in most adolescents, which generates a great affectation on that it affected them notoriously and mainly in their academic
personal growth, as well as in school life and daily life, being notoriously performance,
detrimental.