Procrastinación académica y su relación con los niveles de ansiedad en estudiantes de la licenciatura de Psicología de la Universidad de Cuenca en el período marzo - agosto 2024

Abstract

Procrastination, defined as the habit of postponing essential activities to carry out others of less relevance, is a behavior that affects the university population, which can suffer negative consequences such as poor school performance, little organization to complete tasks and the appearance of anxious symptomatology. On the other hand, anxiety is the state of restlessness or agitation that people present when facing various situations. It should be noted that there are two types of anxiety: normal anxiety, which is beneficial because it helps solve various problems; and pathological anxiety, which is an exaggerated and disproportionate emotional response in the absence of the threatening stimulus, and occurs at different levels: mild, moderate and severe. The present investigative work sought to identify the correlation between the levels of academic procrastination and the levels of anxiety in the students of Psychology at the University of Cuenca in the period March - August 2024. For the data collection, applied: the Busko Academic Procrastination Scale, which measures the level of academic procrastination and the Hamilton Anxiety Scale, which determines anxiety levels. The results obtained were that the majority of the students are at a high level of procrastination and 49.3% of students have a mild level of anxiety. In addition, a significant correlation was found between procrastination and the level of anxiety of the students evaluated.