The Relationship between Academic Procrastination among University Students and Personality Traits According to the Big Five Personality Factors' Model

Abstract

This study was intended not only to measure the level of the academic procrastination and the personality traits of the students at the Hashemite University in Jordan, but also to reveal the relationship between Procrastination and personality traits according to the five big personality traits and the variation level according to sex and type of study (science, humanities). The sample consisted of 385 male and female students. The study showed that there was an average degree of the academic procrastination prevalence among the students; there was also a positive significant relationship between Procrastination and neuroticism. There was also a statistically significant difference between procrastination and conscientiousness in favor of the females whereas there was no strong significant correlation difference attributed to the impact of sex on the openness to experience relationship with the other dimensions. However, the study showed that there was significant difference in the strength of correlation that can be attributed to the impact of the major of study on the openness to experience. The differences were in favor of the humanities majors whereas there were no significant differences in the strength of the correlation with other dimensions. .