Mediation effect of family environment on academic procrastination and life satisfaction: Assessing emerging adults

A path analytic model assessed the relationship between academic procrastination and life satisfaction, such that family environment mediated effects with emerging adults (221 women, 101 men; M-age = 20.7 years old, SD = 1.7). Participants completed procrastination, family environment, and life satisfaction scales. Results showed that after trimming a path, the hypothesized model fit the data, such that life satisfaction negatively predicted academic procrastination tendencies. Findings validated that both family cohesion and family control within family environment had partial mediation effects on the association between life satisfaction and academic procrastination. Implications for parents and educators are discussed.