Investigate the relationship between maladaptive
Research gap analysis derived from 3 psychology papers in our local library.
The gap
There is a need to investigate the relationship between maladaptive daydreaming, academic procrastination, and psychological distress. There is a lack of research on the moderating role of emotion regulation in the relationship between mala
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Sourced from the future-work section and stated research gap and limitations of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 12 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- The Impact Mechanism of Negative Academic Emotions on Academic Procrastination: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Goal Orientation (2024) · Education Sciences · cited 12× · doi
Future studies could explore the relationship between negative academic emotions and academic procrastination in different populations, - Future studies could investigate the effectiveness of interventions designed to enhance self-efficacy and goal orientation, - Future studies could examine the role of other psychological factors in the relationship between negative academic emotions and academic procrastination
generalfuture-work sectionKeywords: future studies explore relationship between negative academic emotions - Impact of Maladaptive Daydreaming Academic Procrastination and Psychological Distress: Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation (2026) · Pakistan Journal of Positive Psychology · doi
There is a need to investigate the relationship between maladaptive daydreaming, academic procrastination, and psychological distress. There is a lack of research on the moderating role of emotion regulation in the relationship between maladaptive daydreaming and academic procrastination.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there need investigate relationship between maladaptive daydreaming academic - Academic procrastination in focus: Understanding the roles of academic self-efficacy and academic buoyancy among English-majors (2026) · International Journal of Turkish Education Sciences · doi
However, several limitations of the present study should be acknowledged. To the best of the author's knowledge, such mediation effect was not investigated before despite robust research on the relation between academic self-efficacy and academic procrastination.
generallimitationsevidence 4/5Keywords: academic several limitations present acknowledged best author knowledge mediation effect investigated despite robust relation self
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