The internet and information and communication technology are becoming an indispensable part of our daily lives. In the present study we investigated the relationship between excessive internet use, procrastination and self-regulation strategies. The master's thesis' main goal was to investigate the relationships between the aforementioned constructs in a sample of Slovenian high school students. We first looked at the differences in internet use before and during the epidemic, and then we looked at the differences in frequency of internet use, procrastination, and use of self-regulatory strategies between genders and between high school and professional secondary school students. 377 third-year students from different Slovenian secondary schools participated in the study. Participants completed a Demographic Questionnaire and questions about web-related habits first, followed by the General Procrastination Scale, the Internet Addiction Test, and the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire via an online survey. According to the findings, during the epidemic the amount of time student spent online increased and they spent more time on school-related activities. We found no gender differences in the amount of time they spend online, but there were differences in the area of social life problems associated with using the internet, with boys scoring higher. There were no differences between the groups in terms of procrastination. Gender differences were found on all scales of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire, with the exception of Critical Thinking and Peer Learning. We found no differences in any of the constructs studied between high school and secondary professional students. The correlation between procrastination and general internet addiction was moderate and positive, the correlation between procrastination and the use of self-regulation strategies was moderate but negative, and the correlation between internet addiction and the use of self-regulation strategies was weak and negative. Gender and resource management strategies have been found to be important predictors of academic success. The study shed light on how students' habits changed during the epidemic, as well as the relationship between the studied constructs.
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