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Thu 21 Mar 2024 13:45 - 14:10 at Meeting Rooms C120-122 - Interventions Chair(s): Megean Garvin

Academic procrastination is a prevalent issue among students, detrimentally impacting their academic performance and well-being. Although existing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) interventions have aimed to alleviate this problem, they often follow generic ACT protocols, lacking customizations to address the challenges of academic procrastination. In this study, we introduce the ClearMind Workshop, a unique workshop that utilizes web-based ACT content and additional content to explore the nature, causes, and management strategies of procrastination. We assessed the effectiveness of the workshop by collecting pre- and post-survey data from workshop participants (N=19) and a control group (N=38) on their level of procrastination, anxiety, and subjective happiness and their use of coping strategies. Results reveal that the workshop reduced academic procrastination and anxiety in computing students. Participants adopted healthier coping strategies such as positive reframing and active coping strategies, while practicing less unhealthy ones such as self-blame and avoidance strategies. These findings encourage future directions on assessing long-term effects with a larger sample size, exploring additional variables, and integrating technology-based or online interventions.

Thu 21 Mar

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13:45 - 15:00
InterventionsPapers at Meeting Rooms C120-122
Chair(s): Megean Garvin UMBC
13:45
25m
Talk
ClearMind Workshop: An ACT-based Intervention Tailored for Academic Procrastination among Computing Students
Papers
Yunyi She University of California, San Diego, Korena Klimczak Utah State University, Michael Levin Utah State University, Soohyun Liao University of California in San Diego
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14:10
25m
Talk
Procrastination vs. Active Delay: How Students Prepare to Code in Introductory Programming
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Elizabeth B. Cloude University of Pennsylvania, Jiayi Zhang University Pennsylvania, Ryan Baker University of Pennsylvania, Eric Fouh University of Pennsylvania
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14:35
25m
Talk
Learners Teaching Novices: An Uplifting Alternative AssessmentGlobal
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Ali Malik Stanford University, Juliette Woodrow Stanford University, Chris Piech Stanford University
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