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Preventing Procrastination Behaviours: Teaching Styles and Competence in University Students
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Based on the self-determination theory, this study examines the relationship between students' perceptions of their teachers' teaching styles, satisfaction of the need for competence, and procrastination behaviours in university students. The sample was composed of 675 university students (442 men, 279 women; 4 did not indicate gender, Mage = 19.81 ± 2.26 years old), who completed the questionnaires assessing the variables of interest. The perception of an autonomy-supportive teaching style was positively associated with the satisfaction of the need for competence, in contrast to the perception of a controlling style. Satisfaction of the need for competence was also negatively related to procrastination behaviours. Likewise, the perception of a controlling teaching style was indirectly and positively associated through competence need satisfaction with procrastination; in addition, the perception of an autonomy supportive teaching style was negatively associated with procrastination. The model tested defends the importance of perceiving a high autonomy-supportive teaching style and a low controlling teaching style to avoid procrastination behaviours, with these relationships being mediated by the satisfaction of the student's need for competence.
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CODINA, Núria (Codina Mata), et al. Preventing Procrastination Behaviours: Teaching Styles and Competence in University Students. Sustainability. 2020. Vol. 12, num. 6, pags. 2448. ISSN 2071-1050. [consulted: 13 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/169878