Procrastination, Stress and Academic Engagement in Medicine Students

Abstract

In the study titled Procrastination, stress in academic engagement in Medicine students of a private university, the objective is to establish the relationship between procrastination and stress in the academic engagement of Medicine students of a private university according to sex and age. The approach used was quantitative, descriptive method, and basic. The population was 1904 Medicine students of the private university, the sample was 320 Medicine students, a stratified probability sampling method was used. The technique used was the survey and the instrument was the questionnaire for three variables. The investigation concluded that: 27.8% of students had a low procrastination level, 48.1% had an average low level, 22.5% had an average high level, and 1.6% had a high level of procrastination. As for academic stress, it was found that 39.7% of students had a mild level, 45.6% had a moderate level and 14.7% had a severe academic stress level. As for academic engagement, it was found that 52.8% of students had a low level, 35.3% had an average level and 11.9% had a high level.