SECURE ATTACHMENT TO GOD AS A MODERATOR FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RUMINATION AND ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION AND BETWEEN SELF-COMPASSION AND ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION

Abstract

The present study investigated secure attachment to God as a moderator by providing a protective buffer against the negative effects of rumination on academic procrastination and a protective buffer that boosts the positive effects of self-compassion on academic procrastination. Thus, it is posited that secure attachment to God is a moderator for the relationship between rumination and academic procrastination and between self-compassion and academic procrastination. Self-reported data was collected via an online survey from 121 Singaporean University students. The moderation analysis showed that secure attachment to God did not moderate the relationship between rumination and academic procrastination and between self-compassion and academic procrastination. Results from the correlational analysis found rumination to be positively correlated to academic procrastination and negatively correlated to self-compassion. Self-compassion, however, was not found to correlated with academic procrastination. The findings suggest that secure attachment to God may not function as a buffer against the negative effects of rumination on academic procrastination nor amplify the positive effects of self-compassion on academic procrastination. Limitations and implications are discussed.