IMPACT OF PERSONALITY, SELF EFFICACY AND SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

D. Vijaya Kumari; Prof. B. S. Kumar Reddy

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

IMPACT OF PERSONALITY, SELF EFFICACY AND SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

D. Vijaya Kumari, Prof. B. S. Kumar Reddy

Abstract :

An attempt was made in the present investigation to study the impact of personality, self–efficacy and school environment on academic procrastination among high school students. Sample of the present study consists of 480 high school students in Chittoor of Andhra Pradesh State. Procrastination scale developed by Priyanka Datta and Banerjee Mita (2016), personality scale developed by Williams (1998), self–efficacy scale developed by Copeland and Nelson (2004) and school environment inventory developed by Manjuvani (1989) were used to collect the data. A 2×2 factorial design was employed. ANOVA was used to analyse the data. Findings of the study revealed that personality, self–efficacy and school environment have significant impact on academic procrastination among high school students.