A deeper look into the relationship between academic procrastination and academic performance among university students

Pages: 1588-1592
Liyaqat Bashir and Savita Gupta (Department of Education, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab)

The present investigation was conducted to examine the relationship between academic procrastination and academic performance among university students. The respondents of the study were 380 university students were selected via convenient sampling technique. The results show that: there exists significant difference between male and female university students in their academic procrastination; there exists significant difference between male and female university students in their academic performance. Further that there exists a significant negative relationship between academic procrastination and academic performance of university students. Moreover, the dimensions of academic procrastination such as time management, task aversiveness, sincerity and personal initiative were negatively related to academic performance of students. The result indicates that those who have higher level of academic procrastination they have lower academic performance.