The relationship study on the relationship between procrastination behaviors and bad personality disposition.
- Author:
Yuan WEI
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: China; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Female; Humans; Male; Personality; Personality Disorders; Personality Inventory; statistics & numerical data; Psychometrics; Students; psychology; Time Management; psychology; United States; Universities
- From:Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2006;27(1):29-32
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo explore the relationship between procrastinate behavior of college students and bad personality disposition.
METHODS566 college students were selected and followed through adopting the measurement on the procrastination scale of college students and Personality Disorders Questionnaire (PDQ-4).
RESULTSResults showed that male and female college students did not have remarkable difference in terms of procrastination. High level procrastinators had a higher level of scores on bad personality disposition. In addition, College students' procrastination had close relationship with bad personality disposition (r = 0.341, P < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONCollege students' procrastination had close relationship with bad personality disposition which did not match the findings from McCown's results on american college students.
