Relationship between Procrastination and Academic Achievement among a Group of Secondary School Students in District Ganderbal of Jammu & Kashmir

Abstract

This study wished to investigate the strength of association and direction of correlation between Procrastination and Academic Achievement of Secondary School students residing in District Ganderbal of Jammu and Kashmir. Through Simple Random Sampling, a sample of 200 students—100 male and 100 female—was selected for this study. Procrastination scale constructed by Lay in 1986 was employed to measure Procrastination variable and the aggregate Marks Percentage in 9th Standard was considered as the Academic Achievement of the 10th Standard students. Simple Arithmetic Mean, Standard Deviation and Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation (r) were used as statistical tools for data analyses. Procrastination was found to be moderately and negatively correlated with Academic Achievement (at 0.01 level of significance) (two-tailed test) of Secondary School students irrespective of their gender.