Academic procrastination, frequently linked to low self-efficacy and poor assignment performance, is more likely to occur when learning online. This study aims to reveal the level of academic procrastination, self-efficacy, and assignments by semester, areas of academic procrastination, and reasons for delaying assignments, as well as the relationship between academic procrastination, self-efficacy, and task value. This study uses a quantitative approach through a cross-sectional exploratory study. The sample in this study was semester 1, 3, 5, and 7 students who were taken through a stratified random sampling technique. Utilizing the survey method was the data collection methodology. The level of students is described using frequency distribution descriptive data. To use regression analysis to explain the connection between academic procrastination, self-efficacy, and task value. The reasons for procrastination were analyzed qualitatively. According to the findings, pre-service biology teachers who participated in online learning exhibited moderate levels of academic procrastination (37.8%), self-efficacy (39.1%), and task value (29.9%). More than half of the pre-service biology teachers polled stated they would prefer to postpone doing summaries of four pages of foreign language homework over twelve pages of Indonesian homework. Compared to creating a summary of the subject, more than half of biology education students said they would rather put off making a mind map. Reasons for postponing assignments varied among students. Furthermore, in academic procrastination, there is a negative simultaneous association between self-efficacy and task value.

Edwards Personal preference Schedule (EPPS) adalah salah satu alat ukur yang cukup popular digunakan dalam dunia psikologi yang digunakan untuk melihat kepribadian individu melalui Teknik non-proyeksi atau inventory. Terdapat 15 kebutuhan (need) pada EPPS, salah satunya adalah need of agression. Pada penelitian ini dilakukan analisis deskriptif terkait analisis psikometri menggunakan model Rasch yang meliputi validitas, reliabilitas, tingkat kesulitan item, dan Differential Item Functioning (DIF). Hasil penelitian ini menyatakan bahwa item-item yang mengukur need of aggression memiliki nilai koefisien validitas dan reliabilitas yang baik. Terdapat satu item yang memiliki tingkat kesulitan tinggi dan satu item yang memiliki tingkat kesulitan rendah. Kemudian terdapat dua item yang terdeteksi bias berdasarkan jenis kelamin.

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a new work system. It is called work from home. This phenomenon continues after the COVID-19 pandemic. It gives rise to a business sector where workers can work from home. This phenomenon raises problems for men and women related to work-life balance. Therefore, the existence of new phenomena and their problems will require the development of analyses in measurement to suit the existing phenomena and problems. One is a study of item bias on the work-life balance scale based on gender and age in the context of working from home. This research aims to determine whether there was an item bias on work-life balance based on age and gender. The sample of this research amounted to 130 workers consisting of 65 female workers and 65 male workers with an age range from 19-51 years. The sampling technique used was the quota sampling technique. The analysis carried out was the Differential Item Functioning (DIF) analysis on the work-life balance scale measuring instrument. The research shows that the item has a probability value below 0.05, i.e., 0.044 in item no.4, based on gender. Furthermore, two items have a probability value below 0.05, i.e., 0.031 (item no.2) and 0.003 (item no.15), based on age. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is item bias based on gender and age.

One of the students' problems during the pandemic is difficulty managing task completion. The students tend to procrastinate on completing the tasks and cannot even complete the tasks on time. Thus, students need to have self-efficacy in dealing with their academic problems, especially managing task completion during online learning. This quantitative study aims to find out whether resilience is a mediating variable between the effect of self-efficacy and academic procrastination. In addition, the number of samples was 107 students who were at the high school level. The data were analyzed by using Path Regression Analysis.Moreover, the results of this study indicated that the score of the direct and indirect effects is −0.364 + (−0.294) = −0.658. The results of these calculations showed that the score of the direct effect is −0.364 and the indirect effect is −0.294, which means that the indirect effect is greater than the direct effect. These results indicated that academic resilience significantly mediated the effect of self-efficacy on academic procrastination.

The ability to solve the problem becomes a crucial matter for an individual. When a problem is solved appropriately, it will give prosperous and comfortable psychological condition. It is likewise the santri who has a different demand from the usual student. Santri is expected to be able to balance activity at formal school and activity at Islamic boarding school. To reach balance and comfort in doing activities, an individual should have psychological wellbeing. Thus, it needs solving problem methods that are in accordance with the condition, one of them is Solution focused brief therapy. The aim of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of Solution focused brief therapy training in increasing psychological wellbeing on santri. The participants of this study are 53 people by using experimental research method namely one group pretest posttest. Data analysis uses T test. The result of the study shows that the significance 0,000 is < than 0.05. The level of psychological health of santri before the training is still categorized low, then after having the training 56% santri are in high category and there is no more santri in low category. Hence, it can be concluded that the training of Solution focused brief therapy is proven effective in increasing psychological health of santri.