Abstract:
This study aims to investigate the self-regulation dimension’s level according to
gender, academic major, and study years among college students in the Sultanate
of Oman. These dimensions include: procrastination, psychological cost, failure to
transcendence, miss-regulation, laziness, and satisfaction. The self-regulation failure
instrument was introduced to 901 students )47% male( selected randomly from Sultan
Qaboos University and College of Higher Technology. Participants were requested
to complete the survey. The results demonstrated that the self-regulation failure
dimensions exist with moderate level. The results also proved that these dimensions
significantly differ among students according to their gender and study years.
Applications and recommendations were discussed in the study.