Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, cilt.17, sa.4, ss.286-298, 2024 (ESCI)
This study aims to examine the effects of self-control and future time perception on social media
addiction and academic procrastination and determine whether social media addiction affects
academic achievement through academic procrastination. A total of 559 university students
participated. The participants’ most commonly used social media platforms were WhatsApp and
Instagram. Path analysis technique was used to analyze the theoretical model. In the theoretical
model created to test the 13 hypotheses in the research, future time perception (value, distance,
commitment, and speed) and self-control are exogenous variables, social media addiction and
academic procrastination are moderating variables, and academic achievement is endogenous
variable. According to the research findings, social media addiction is not a significant predictor
variable for either academic achievement or academic procrastination. Self-control and speed are
significant predictors of both social media addiction and academic procrastination. Commitment
predicts social media addiction, and value predicts academic procrastination. On the contrary, value
is not a significant predictor of social media addiction, and commitment is not a significant predictor
of academic procrastination. Distance is not a significant predictor of social media addiction or
academic procrastination.