Tamkeen Saleem, Maria Bashir, Javeria Amin, Rehana Noor.
Effect of Procrastination on Self-Regulation among University Students.
Int J Rehab Sci Jan ;05(02):37-40.

Background: Procrastination is a wide spread and deleterious form of self-regulatory failure that can have an impact on major areas of a person’s life. A large number of research studies have been carried out internationally on procrastination, but in Pakistan they are negligible. as a very limited work is published on this topic, this area is carefully chosen as a research area in order to open new avenues for future research work. the aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship of self-regulation with procrastination. Materials and Methods: A sample of 200 students (100 males and100 females) from the universities of Islamabad [International Islamic University (IIUI), Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology University (FAST) and National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)], Pakistan was used for the study. Participants’ age ranged from 18 to 28 years with a mean age of 22 years. Each participant was assessed using psychometrically valid measures General Procrastination Scale (Lay, 1986) and Self-Regulation Questionnaire (Carey, 2004). Result: the results were analyzed using SPSS 21. Regression Analysis was used to investigate procrastination as predictor of self regulation failure. Findings showed that Procrastination significantly predicted self-regulation failure. T-test revealed that male students tend to procrastinate more than female students, while there were no gender differences on self regulation. Conclusion: Research findings illustrate the importance of enhancing self-regulation to combat procrastination.

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