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The major objective of thiscorrelational study was to explore whether an associationexists between procrastination and self-esteem among university students. It also aimed at finding out gender and birth order differences in procrastination and self esteem. The primary hypothesis was that there will be a negative association between procrastination and self-esteem. Moreover it was hypothesized that there would be significant gender and birth order difference in procrastination and self esteem. Besides collecting demographic information through a self constructed questionnaire, Lay Procrastination Scale (Lay, 1986) and Rosenberg Self- esteem Questionnaire (Rosenberg 1965) were administered on a sample of 80 (39 male, 41 female) university students. Reliability for the indigenous sample for Lay Procrastination Scale and Rosenberg Selfesteem questionnaire was found to be α.85 and α.80.Results highlightedthat a significant negative correlation between procrastination and self-esteem existsamong university students (r= -.35, p
MariumSaleem , RafiaRafique. (2012) Procrastination and Self-Esteem among University Students, Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Volume 10, Issue 2.
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