Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2015

Procrastination and Academic Performance

Tanuja Saikia, Dr. K. Arockia Maraichelvi

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 The present study was conducted among 91 final year engineering graduates of two Universities in Coimbatore district through k in 1 probability sampling method. Modified Lay’s procrastination scale and Likert scale for appraising academic performance were adapted to collect the relevant data regarding the influence of procrastination and academic performance of the graduate students. Sixty four percent of the respondents were found to be mild procrastinators and more than thirty per cent in the category nearer to severe level of procrastination. T test carried out to find the gender–specific in the procrastination level had proved that male students procrastinate significantly more than the female respondents. Looking into the association between the pattern of procrastination and academic performance, had concluded that these variables are completely independent of each other.

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Tanuja Saikia, Dr.K.Arockia Maraichelvi / Procrastination and Academic Performance / International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 11 November 2015

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