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Time management profiles of college students and its relationship to sociodemographic and psychological factors
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Purpose: The objectives of this research are to analyze the sociodemographic and personality profiles most related to good academic time management among 845 students from different faculties at the University de Barcelona (UB) and to identify the explanatory factors of effective academic time management. Design/methodology/approach: Poor time management is a common behavior among university students and an explanatory factor for academic failure. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Procrastination Assessment Scale-Student (PASS), the Academic Time Management (ATM), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18) and the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) were administered. Findings: The results reveal that female students, education majors and those with high academic performance show better time management than the rest of the student body. Additionally, students who have better academic time management are also more neurotic, more open to experience, more responsible and less prone to procrastination. The factors established as explanatory of good academic time management are neuroticism, openness to experience and low procrastination. Originality/value: The implications of the results for promoting academic time management in university studies through specific actions are discussed.
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FAURE CARVALLO, Adrien, et al. Time management profiles of college students and its relationship to sociodemographic and psychological factors. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. 2024. Vol. 16, num. 5, pags. 2273-2286. ISSN 2050-7003. [consulted: 17 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/220855