Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 228-235.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.02.09

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Life Events and Academic Procrastination among Middle School Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

YUE Pengfei1, ZHANG Jiaxin1, BAI Xuejun2   

  1. 1. School of Education Science, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000;
    2. Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387
  • Published:2023-03-11

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Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between proximal stress (life events) and academic procrastination, and to examine the mediating role of state anxiety and the moderating role of distal stress (childhood maltreatment). A total of 750 junior high school students were tested with Adolescent Self-rating Life Events Checklist, State-trait Anxiety Inventory, Aitken Procrastination Inventory (middle school version) and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. The results show that: (1) After controlling for grades, life events positively predicted academic procrastination; (2) State anxiety played a mediating role in the relationship between life events and academic procrastination; (3) The first half of the mediating effect of “life events→state anxiety→academic procrastination” was moderated by childhood maltreatment. To be specific, life events had a greater positive predictive effect on state anxiety in individuals with lower levels of childhood maltreatment than in individuals with higher levels of childhood maltreatment.

Key words: life events, state anxiety, academic procrastination, childhood maltreatment, cumulative stress hypothesis

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