Open AccessThe Prevalence of Academic Procrastination among Students at Medicine Faculty Mulawarman University
Author(s) -
Deenadearlova Putri Daryani,
Eka Yuni Nugrahayu,
Sulistiawati Sulistiawati
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jurnal ilmu kesehatan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2614-6703
pISSN - 2355-8032
DOI - 10.30650/jik.v9i2.3109
Subject(s) - procrastination , nonprobability sampling , observational study , medical education , psychology , academic year , descriptive statistics , medicine , family medicine , mathematics education , social psychology , population , environmental health , mathematics , statistics
Academic procrastination is an act of intentionally postponing completion of assignments and can prevent individuals from starting of finishing assignments. This study aims to describe the prevalence of academic procrastination among students at Medicine Faculty, Mulawarman University. This is a descriptive observational study and the respondents were selected through purposive sampling technique. There were 216 students of 2018, 2019, and 2020 Academic Year at Medicine Faculty selected as the respondents. The primary data were obtained from the questionnaire. The findings revealed that academic procrastination occured to 55.1% respondents more than the average.