Pharmacophore an International Research Journal
Objective: Academic Procrastination may be defined as the common practice and habit of university students to evade and postpone academic tasks. One of the important elements that affect the academic procrastination of nursing students is a personality trait. Therefore the aim of this study, determining the relationship between academic procrastination and personality traits of nursing students.
Materials and Methods:This cross sectional-analytical study conducted on undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students studying in Iran university Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, during the academic year 2015-2016. The sample size is 341 nursing students. Two questionnaires were used for collecting the data: Procrastination Assessment Students Scale (PASS) and Neuroticism Extroversion Openness- Five Factor Inventory (NEO FFI) along with the demographic characteristics form. The SPSS software was used for descriptive and analytical analysis.
Results: The results show that academic procrastination had a significant positive relationship with personality traits (Negative Emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, and Openness) of the samples under study (P value < 0.05). Extraversion, flexibility, and agreeableness had a significant positive relationship with doing assignments (P value < 0.05). Openness showed a significant positive relationship with studying for exams and persistence in reading assignments as well (P value < 0.05). Academic administrative task had a significant positive relationship with both extraversions and agreeableness variables (P value < 0.05). Attendance tasks had also a positive relationship with extraversion (P value<0.05). School activities in general were positively correlated with Negative Emotionality and extraversion (P value < 0.05).
Discussion and Conclusion:The amount of academic procrastination among the entire participants was less than average. The amount of Negative Emotionality traits among the study participants was low, too. There was a statistically significant relationship between academic procrastination and personality traits. Training programs and educational spaces should be designed in such a way that they would prevent students' burnout in universities.
