Procrastination of students : -To what extent can perceived stress and personality traits in the Big Five personality traits predict procrastination of students who take Upper Secondary School courses.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka i vilken utsträckning prokrastinering prediceras av upplevd stressnivå och personlighetsdragen i femfaktormodellen hos studenter som läser gymnasiekurser på distans. Studien genomfördes med hjälp av en enkät som baserade sig på mätverktygen Pure Procrastination Scale (PPS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14) och Ten Item Personality Measure (TIPI). I undersökningen deltog 56 studenter varav majoriteten var kvinnor. Resultatet visade att studenter som tenderade att prokrastinera har en högre grad av upplevd stress, samt att personlighetsdragen samvetsgrannhet och tillmötesgående predicerar prokrastination. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which perceived stress affects the procrastination of students who take Upper Secondary School courses online and whether personality traits (Big Five) affects procrastination. The study was conducted using a survey based on the Pure Procrastination Scale (PPS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14) and Ten Item Personality Measure (TIPI). 56 students participated in the survey, of which the majority were women. The result showed that the students who tend to procrastinate have a higher degree of perceived stress, and that the personality traits conscientiousness and kindness correlateed negatively with procrastination.