Procrastination of College Student: The Correlation Between Self-Efficacy and Academic Procrastination

Abstract

Procrastination is becoming more common and far-reaching in today's society, and it has become imperative to alleviate it. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between procrastination and self-efficacy among psychology students. The survey was taken by 39 participants in a psy3001w class at the University of Minnesota. The study was conducted to collect data through the Procrastination Assessment Scale-Student (PASS) and the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE). The correlation method was used for analysis. Our study did not find a significant relationship between academic procrastination and self-efficacy. Although the results were not significant, future studies could collect a larger sample and help students of different majors cope with their subject assignments.