Cognitive test anxiety and academic procrastination: a study with university students in Brasil
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The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive power of cognitive test anxiety on academic procrastination in university students from the interior of northeastern Brazil, as well as to determine if the levels of these constructs differ based on gender. A total of 204 university students from the northeastern region participated in the study, with a majority of female participants. The Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale, Tuckman Procrastination Scale, and sociodemographic questions were used in the data collection. The results, through Pearson correlation and multiple regression, demonstrated that cognitive test anxiety was positively related to academic procrastination. Finally, the independent samples t-test showed that women had higher levels of cognitive test anxiety compared to men. It can be concluded that cognitive test anxiety explains academic procrastination and that women are more vulnerable to anxiety in evaluative contexts.