ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: ROLE OF ACADEMIC ANXIETY, ACADEMIC STRESS AND ACADEMIC SELF- EFFICACY

M.VaraLakshmi; Prof.B.S.Kumar Reddy

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: ROLE OF ACADEMIC ANXIETY, ACADEMIC STRESS AND ACADEMIC SELF- EFFICACY

M. Varalakshmi, Prof. B. S. Kumar Reddy

Abstract :

An attempt was made in the present investigation to study the impact of academic anxiety, academic stress and academic self–efficacy on academic procrastination among college students. Sample of the present study consists of 400 college students from Chittoor of Andhra Pradesh State. Academic Procrastination scale developed by Priyanka Datta and Banerjee Mita (2016), academic anxiety scale developed by Williams (1998), academic stress scale developed by Sreenivas and Kumar (1999) and academic self–efficacy scale developed by Copeland and Nelson (2004) were used to collect the data. A 2×2×2 factorial design was employed. ANOVA was used to analyze the data. Findings of the study revealed that academic anxiety, academic stress and academic self–efficacy have significant impact on academic procrastination among college students.