ACEDEMIC BURNOUT AND ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION 2

Current research investigates the relationship between academic burnout, academic procrastination and its influence on GPA among junior and senior students of American University of Central Asia. There were several hypotheses. It was assumed that burnout is significantly correlated with procrastination. In turn, both these variables affect academic success. It was supposed the more burnout a student has, the lower GPA he/she earns. It was also assumed that procrastination influences on academic success in positive way and might be considered as an adaptive strategy of studying. In this study there were several questionnaires used: standardized burnout questionnaire by Shirom & Melamed (2006), procrastination scale by Tuckman (1991) and original questionnaire developed for the purposes of this study which measured students ‟ procrastinating experience in relation to academic performance. Total number of participants was 60 people, 30 females and 30 males. Results showed that burnout and procrastination are significantly correlated. Our hypothesis about relationship of burnout and academic success was not supported by statistics. However there was found a tendency that students with higher GPA tend to have lower burnout scores