Extant research has consistently demonstrated that both irrational and rational beliefs contribute to the occurrence and persistence of procrastination. Most of these studies have focused on the role of general irrational and rational beliefs, without addressing domain-specific beliefs that may influence academic procrastination. This cross-sectional study aims to fill that gap by investigating the relationship between irrational/rational academic beliefs, fear of failure, and academic procrastination in a sample of undergraduate students (N = 354). The current findings suggest that irrational academic beliefs are indirectly associated with academic procrastination through fear of failure. Furthermore, the positive relationship between irrational academic beliefs and academic procrastination via fear of failure differs based on the level of rational academic beliefs. These findings suggest that interventions designed to improve domain-specific rational academic beliefs and reduce fear of failure may help prevent or reduce academic procrastination, especially among undergraduates with high levels of irrational beliefs.

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学业拖延和对失败的恐惧：非理性/理性学术信念的作用

现有研究一致表明，非理性和理性信念都会导致拖延的发生和持续。这些研究大多数都集中在一般非理性和理性信念的作用上，而没有解决可能影响学业拖延的特定领域信念。这项横断面研究旨在通过调查本科生样本（N  = 354）中非理性/理性学术信念、对失败的恐惧和学业拖延之间的关系来填补这一空白。目前的研究结果表明，非理性的学术信念通过对失败的恐惧与学术拖延间接相关。此外，非理性学术信念与因害怕失败而导致的学术拖延之间的正相关关系因理性学术信念的水平而异。这些发现表明，旨在改善特定领域的理性学术信念和减少对失败的恐惧的干预措施可能有助于预防或减少学术拖延，特别是对于非理性信念水平较高的本科生而言。