The Relationship between the Academic Procrastination and Self-Efficacy among Sample of King Saud University Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the academic procrastination and self-efficacy among students of King Saud University. It also aims to identify whether the level of Academic procrastination varies depending on variables such as type of the college, academic level, or the level of students’ achievement. Two instruments were developed: academic procrastination instrument, and self-efficacy instrument. The questionnaires were distributed to random sample of 195 students from Science and Arts colleges at King Saud University.

The Findings indicate that the highest percentage of the distribution of the sample on of procrastination Academic scale is (83.6%), followed by the low percentage (9.7%) of procrastination while the lowest percentage of procrastination is (6.7%). The findings also showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of academic procrastination due to level of achievement for favour of group who get (acceptable) in their achievement. It also found that there were no statistically significant differences due to the type of college and the academic achievement. In addition, the findings revealed that there were statistically significant differences between of the academic procrastination scale and the self-efficacy scale.

Keywords: Academic procrastination, self-efficacy, university students