Abstract
The present research is aimed to investigate the academic procrastination among male and female
university and college students. Effect of some demographic variables like gender, age and education were
also explored. Sample consisted of 200 students (100 college students and 100 university students) from
different colleges and universities of Islamabad. Their age ranged between 16 to 27 years. Tuckman
Procrastination Scale (TPS) (Tuckman, 1991) was used to collect data. Results indicate significant difference
on demographic variables of age, gender and education. Specifically, a significant difference is found among
males and females on academic procrastination. The results further show that college students tend to
procrastinate more than university students. Moreover, there is a significant difference found on academic
procrastination between students of age below and above 20 years.
