Uso de las redes sociales y la procrastinación académica en estudiantes de una unidad educativa fiscomisionada al sur de Quito-Ecuador en el periodo académico 2023-2024

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between social media use and academic procrastination among students of a Fiscomisional Educational Unit in the South of Quito, Ecuador, during the 2023-2024 academic period. The research is quantitative in nature, with a correlational-descriptive scope. The study population consisted of 88 students, from 8th to 10th grade of Basic General Education. To measure the variable of social media use, a social media use questionnaire with a Likerttype response scale was designed and applied, which was subjected to reliability testing through expert judgment and piloting with Cronbach’s alpha, which had a value of 0.819. For the variable of academic procrastination, the Procrastination Assessment Scale-Students (PASS) questionnaire was applied. A statistical analysis of the results was carried out using SPSS version 25, whose results reveal that there is a weak positive correlation (Pearson’s Rho = .224*) between the research variables. There are also internal correlations between: writing a final course paper, studying for exams, and assistance tasks (scheduling an appointment with a teacher, requesting tutoring, etc.); studying for exams, keeping up with weekly readings/work/activities, and academic tasks in general; low assertiveness and confidence and lack of energy and self-control; lack of energy and self-control and seeking excitement.