Relationship between Procrastination, Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy and Motivation among College Students

Procrastination is one of the most common problems among the students. Most of the students procrastinate and this does affect their performance overall. The purpose of the present research was to study the relationship between procrastination, self-esteem, self-efficacy and motivation among college students. Tuckman Procrastination Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale and Academic Motivation Scale were administered on a group of 60 college students. The sample was taken from various colleges. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to measure the significance relationship between self-esteem, self-efficacy, motivation and procrastination among college students. The results revealed that procrastination did have a significant relationship with self-esteem, self-efficacy and motivation.