Procrastination among Students: The Role of Gender, Perfectionism and Self-Esteem
Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The study explored the role of gender, perfectionism and self-esteem on procrastinationin the academic setting. Data was collected from 100 young adult college students(50 males and 50 females) studying in colleges and universities of Delhi. Genderemerged as a significant predictor of procrastination and males were found to behigher on procrastination and perfectionism than females. Self-esteem was foundto be significantly influence procrastination in the negative direction. The adaptiveperfectionism factors correlated positively with procrastination on a significant level.However the maladaptive perfectionism factors did not show any significant correlationwith procrastination. T
Authors: Syeda Wasfeea Wazid, M. G. Shahnawaz, Dolly Gupta
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2939445173