Abstract

Abstract: The current research aimed at studying about locus of control and self-efficacy acting as possible predictors for academic procrastination among students while also assessing the relationships between all the variables and finding any gender differences among them. Procrastination is a very common phenomena observed in many areas of life but can be specially seen among students in academic settings. Many researches have also found the negative effects of academic procrastination on students so it becomes important to know more about it and how it is related to some other aspects in our daily life. A total of N=100 students were part of the study including males (N=50) and females (N=50). For data collection Procrastination assessment scale –students, Rotter’s locus of control scale and General self-efficacy scale was utilised. After data analysis it was found that locus of control and self-efficacy do act as significant predictors for academic procrastination and there were no significant gender differences found among these.

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