Self-efficacy and academic procrastination among selected first year college students

ABSTRACT: Proscrastination is a common problem to college students. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between academic proscrastination and academic procrastination among college students. Sherer General Self-efficacy Scale and Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students were administered to selected first year college students of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. Results indicated that the highest percentage of the distribution of the sample on self-efficacy scale wasn 70% which falls under the category of Low self-efficacy and the highest percentage of the distribution of the sample on procrastination was 64% which falls under the High proscrastinator category. The findings showed that most of the college students have low self-efficacy and are more likely to stop putting forth effort when they encounter difficulties while students with high self-efficacy are competent when facing difficult task. Therefore indicates that self-efficacy has a significant inverse relationship with academic procrastination.

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