Pengaruh Motivasi Belajar Terhadap Prokrastinasi Akademik Siswa SMK Taruna Karya Karawang

Abstrak

                  Academic procrastination remains a common problem among vocational high school students and can hinder academic achievement. This study aims to examine the effect of learning motivation on academic procrastination among students at SMK Taruna Karya Karawang. A quantitative approach with an explanatory research design was employed. The population consisted of 153 active students. The research method used is quantitative with an explanatory design. Data were collected through questionnaires using the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) to measure learning motivation and the Academic Procrastination Scale (APS) to measure academic procrastination. Prior to hypothesis testing, validity, reliability, normality, and linearity tests were conducted. Data were analyzed using simple linear regression with IBM SPSS Statistics version 26 at a significance level of 0.05. The results showed that learning motivation had a significant effect on academic procrastination (sig. 0.00 < 0.05), with a correlation coefficient of 0.626 and a coefficient of determination of 0.392, indicating that learning motivation contributed 39.2% to academic procrastination, while the remaining 60.8% was influenced by other factors. It can be concluded that the higher the students' learning motivation, the lower their tendency toward academic procrastination.