[PDF][PDF] Academic procrastination among male and female university and college students

MJ Khan, H Arif, SS Noor, S Muneer�- FWU Journal of Social�…, 2014 - academia.edu
MJ Khan, H Arif, SS Noor, S Muneer
FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 2014academia.edu
The present research is aimed to investigate the academic procrastination among male and
female university and college students. Effect of some demographic variables like gender,
age and education were also explored. Sample consisted of 200 students (100 college
students and 100 university students) from different colleges and universities of Islamabad.
Their age ranged between 16 to 27 years. Tuckman Procrastination Scale (TPS)(Tuckman,
1991) was used to collect data. Results indicate significant difference on demographic�…
The present research is aimed to investigate the academic procrastination among male and female university and college students. Effect of some demographic variables like gender, age and education were also explored. Sample consisted of 200 students (100 college students and 100 university students) from different colleges and universities of Islamabad. Their age ranged between 16 to 27 years. Tuckman Procrastination Scale (TPS)(Tuckman, 1991) was used to collect data. Results indicate significant difference on demographic variables of age, gender and education. Specifically, a significant difference is found among males and females on academic procrastination. The results further show that college students tend to procrastinate more than university students. Moreover, there is a significant difference found on academic procrastination between students of age below and above 20 years.
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