AN EVALUATION ON VALUES AND COMMITTED ACTION BASED INTERVENTION ON ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION

• Main Author: Birkla, Deanna
• Format: Others
• Published: OpenSIUC 2020
• Subjects: academic procrastination; ACT; committed actions; S.M.A.R.T goals; values
• Online Access: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2722; https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3736&context=theses

The purpose of the current study is to evaluate to determine whether or not two components of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, committed actions and values, would have an impact on decreasing potential academic procrastination and increasing minutes work engagement (Hayes et al., 2001). Using a concurrent multiple baseline design, three participants recorded schoolwork activity in minutes throughout the study. The two interventions consisted of one phase where participants identified and acted in accordance with their personal values. The second intervention participants identified, created and applied S.M.A.R.T. goals to their daily lives (Muñoz-Olano & Hurtado-Parrado, 2017). Two participants had recorded an increase in minutes worked daily (Covington, 2000). Implications of these results and future research is discussed. Keywords: academic procrastination, values, S.M.A.R.T. goals, committed actions, ACT