The Effect of Locus of Control on Academic Procrastination Among Undergraduate Students

Authors: Sonali Panda , Dr. Pankaj Singh

Pages: 15-19

Abstract:

The present study was conducted to see the level of academic procrastination and the effect of locus of control on academicprocrastination among undergraduate students. The participants of the study were 115 final-year undergraduate students of theElectrical Department of VSSUT, Odisha. The cluster sampling method was used for selecting samples. The data were analyzedusing the mean, Standard Deviations, Pearson product-moment correlation, and linear regression. The findings of the studyrevealed that the level of academic procrastination of 51.30% or 59 students out of 115 final-year undergraduate students showsa higher level of academic procrastination. It was also observed that among the respondent’s internal and external locus ofcontrol, the internal locus of control has lower academic procrastination as compared with the external locus of control havinghigher academic procrastination. Thus, it indicates that locus of control correlates positively with academic procrastination.