ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION TRAINING (AMT) SEBAGAI UPAYA PREVENTIF PERILAKU PROKRASTINASI AKADEMIK MAHASISWA

This study aims to provide the Achievement Motivation Training (AMT) as a Preventive of Student Procrastination
Behavior at Muhammadiyah University of Magelang. The method in this study is experiment (One Group Pretest-Posttest
Design). Students are measured by using procrastination scale. The data analysis used to test the hypothesis of this study by
non-parametric statistical analysis of two interconnected samples test using wilcoxon signed ranks to see the difference between
academic procrastination behavior before and after training.Based on the analysis of pretest and posttest data, it is known
that there is a difference between pretest and posttest with sig value 0.924 (Sig> 0,05), it means the hypothesis is rejected that
there is no significant difference of academic procrastination between before training (pretest) and after training (posttest), so the
training that has been conducted in this research is less able to give effect to the decrease of the student’s academic procrastination
behavior based on the procrastination scale, but when viewed from the interview and observation result during the training and
posttest shows that the students are very enthusiastic and inspired by the activity, To abstain from academic procrastination
behavior. It is also seen that one month after the training, students are more excited to come to the class on time, more visibly
tough, cheerful, and more eager not to delay doing tasks.