Associations between perfectionism, procrastination and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor
This study aims to examine the associations between procrastination, perfectionism and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor. A total of 85 Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 students took part in this study. Lay’s Procrastination Scale (1986) and Frost’s Multidimensional Pe...
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| description | This study aims to examine the associations between procrastination, perfectionism and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor. A total of 85 Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 students took part in this study. Lay’s Procrastination Scale (1986) and Frost’s Multidimensional Perfectionism scale (1990) were used as instruments in this research. For academic achievement, mean value of student’s marks from their final examination was calculated. This study employs a quantitative method where a survey questionnaire were distributed to students. Descriptive data analysis was performed to calculate means and standard deviations. Inferential statistical analyses using a series of logistic regressions were conducted to predict students’ academic achievement level based on categorical predictor variables. Since the analyses are still on-going at this stage, this paper therefore reports the preliminary descriptive findings. Upon completion of data analysis, it is expected that there that will be significant associations between different levels of procrastination and perfectionism and different levels of students’ academic achievement. |
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| spelling | upm-601882018-05-18T01:20:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60188/ Associations between perfectionism, procrastination and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor Nadarajah, Thanamani Ma'rof, Aini Marina This study aims to examine the associations between procrastination, perfectionism and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor. A total of 85 Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 students took part in this study. Lay’s Procrastination Scale (1986) and Frost’s Multidimensional Perfectionism scale (1990) were used as instruments in this research. For academic achievement, mean value of student’s marks from their final examination was calculated. This study employs a quantitative method where a survey questionnaire were distributed to students. Descriptive data analysis was performed to calculate means and standard deviations. Inferential statistical analyses using a series of logistic regressions were conducted to predict students’ academic achievement level based on categorical predictor variables. Since the analyses are still on-going at this stage, this paper therefore reports the preliminary descriptive findings. Upon completion of data analysis, it is expected that there that will be significant associations between different levels of procrastination and perfectionism and different levels of students’ academic achievement. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60188/1/53-38.pdf Nadarajah, Thanamani and Ma'rof, Aini Marina (2016) Associations between perfectionism, procrastination and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor. In: Graduate Research in Education (GREDuc) 2016 Seminar, 17 Dec. 2016, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 323-329). |
| spellingShingle | Nadarajah, Thanamani Ma'rof, Aini Marina Associations between perfectionism, procrastination and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor |
| title | Associations between perfectionism, procrastination and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor |
| title_full | Associations between perfectionism, procrastination and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor |
| title_fullStr | Associations between perfectionism, procrastination and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Associations between perfectionism, procrastination and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor |
| title_short | Associations between perfectionism, procrastination and academic performance of students at an international school in Selangor |
| title_sort | associations between perfectionism, procrastination and academic performance of students at an international school in selangor |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60188/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60188/1/53-38.pdf |