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COVID-19, Life History Strategy, and Procrastination of College Students: A Cross-Cultural Study
Sun, April 24, 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT (4:15 to 5:45pm PDT), Division Virtual Rooms, Division J - Section 1: College Student Learning and Development Virtual Paper Session RoomAbstract
Individuals in harsh environments tend to adopt a fast life history strategy (LHS; Brumbach et al., 2009; Hill & Kaplan, 1999), and a fast LHS is associated with more procrastination behaviors (Chen & Chang, 2016; Chen & Qu, 2017). The current study hypothesized that LHS mediated the influence of a harsher environment during COVID-19 pandemic on students’ procrastination. Results showed that in the U.S., LHS mediated the relationship between reported number of COVID cases and procrastination, but the effect was not in the hypothesized direction. In China, the mediation effect was consistent with life history theory. Higher levels of perceived vulnerability predicted a faster LHS, which then predicted more procrastination behaviors.