Self-Control, Future Time Perception, and Their Impact on Social Media Addiction and Academic Procrastination

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Abstract

This study investigates how self-control and future time perception influence social media addiction and academic procrastination, and whether social media addiction affects academic achievement through procrastination. A total of 559 university students participated. Using path analysis, 13 hypotheses with future time perception and self-control as exogenous variables and social media addiction and academic procrastination as moderating variables were tested. Findings reveal that social media addiction does not significantly predict academic achievement or procrastination. However, self-control and speed are significant predictors of both social media addiction and academic procrastination. Commitment predicts social media addiction, while value predicts academic procrastination. Neither value nor commitment significantly predicts social media addiction and academic procrastination, respectively, and distance is not a significant predictor for either variable.

Authors

• Suleyman Avci, Marmara University

• Mustafa CAKIR, Marmara University

• Tuncay Akinci, Marmara University