Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology
Socio-demographic correlates of academic procrastination among undergraduates
Sylvester Ororume Atiri 1 * , Uzochukwu Israel 1, Titilayo Onofuye 1
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1 University of Lagos, Nigeria
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Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 2024 - Volume 6 Issue 3, pp. 138-148
https://doi.org/10.33902/jpsp.202427055

Article Type: Research Article

Published Online: 20 Oct 2024

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This study determined the relationship between some socio-demographic variables of undergraduates, and their academic procrastination behaviors. A cross sectional survey involving 250 participants that comprised 125 females and 125 males was used for the study.  A research protocol was used to elicit information on respondents’ bio-data, and self-reported behaviour of procrastination and religious orientation using the General Procrastination Scale (GPS) and Religious orientation Scale (ROT), respectively. The result of this study indicates that, religiosity did not significantly relate to academic procrastination among the participants, (r = 0.016, p = .802, p  > .05). The study also, found a significant relationship existed between undergraduates in their first year of university education, and those in their sophomore year and higher levels of undergraduate studies and their behaviour of academic procrastination (F = 3.426, p  = .010, p < .05).  This result implies that, students at different levels of undergraduate studies engage in various levels of academic procrastination, with those in their first year of undergraduate studies procrastinating more than those in their sophomore year and higher levels of undergraduate studies. The study concluded that, religiosity has no relationship with academic procrastination among participants, while students in their first year of university education procrastinated more often than those in other levels of undergraduate studies.
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academic procrastination grade level religiosity socio-demographic variables undergraduates
In-text citation: (Atiri et al., 2024)
Reference: Atiri, S. O., Israel, U., & Onofuye, T. (2024). Socio-demographic correlates of academic procrastination among undergraduates. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 6(3), 138-148. https://doi.org/10.33902/jpsp.202427055
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Reference: Atiri SO, Israel U, Onofuye T. Socio-demographic correlates of academic procrastination among undergraduates. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology. 2024;6(3), 138-148. https://doi.org/10.33902/jpsp.202427055
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Atiri SO, Israel U, Onofuye T. Socio-demographic correlates of academic procrastination among undergraduates. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology. 2024;6(3):138-48. https://doi.org/10.33902/jpsp.202427055
In-text citation: (Atiri et al., 2024)
Reference: Atiri, Sylvester Ororume, Uzochukwu Israel, and Titilayo Onofuye. "Socio-demographic correlates of academic procrastination among undergraduates". Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology 2024 6 no. 3 (2024): 138-148. https://doi.org/10.33902/jpsp.202427055
In-text citation: (Atiri et al., 2024)
Reference: Atiri, S. O., Israel, U., and Onofuye, T. (2024). Socio-demographic correlates of academic procrastination among undergraduates. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 6(3), pp. 138-148. https://doi.org/10.33902/jpsp.202427055
In-text citation: (Atiri et al., 2024)
Reference: Atiri, Sylvester Ororume et al. "Socio-demographic correlates of academic procrastination among undergraduates". Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, vol. 6, no. 3, 2024, pp. 138-148. https://doi.org/10.33902/jpsp.202427055
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