The Relationship between Personality Characteristics and Academic Procrastination of Students (original) (raw)
2016, Academic Journal of Psychological Studies
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality characteristics and academic procrastination of secondary high school students. The statistical population of this study included all male and female students of secondary high school of the city of Orzooiyeh in Iran as 420 students (200 boys and 220 girls). In this regard, a sample of 201 students (96 males and 105 females) were selected by stratified random sampling method on the basis of gender and according to Morgan table and responded to the short form five-factor personality Inventory (NEO-FFI) Rathbloom and Solomon academic procrastination questionnaire. Data obtained from these questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, variance and standard deviation and inferential statistics as regression. The results of data analysis showed that among five personality characteristics, two characteristics of neurosis and consciousness have a relationship with academic procrastination in both male and female groups commonly and neurosis predicts the academic procrastination positively (r2= 0.161 female and r2=0.302 male) and consciousness predicts the academic procrastination negatively (r2= 0.316 female and r2=0.241 male). Extroversion characteristics in female students (r2= 0.125) and agreeableness in male students (r2= 0.152) showed a significant negative relationship with academic procrastination. This is while openness to experience could predict academic procrastination of students.
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