ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION AMONG STUDENTS: RESULTS OF AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

The article is devoted to an urgent problem in the student environment: academic procrastination. Its influence on the quality of student work performed, the level of preparation for tests and exams, motivation for success in educational activities, and so on is noted. The authors investigate the dependence of the level of academic procrastination on academic satisfaction, motivation for university studies and the level of perfectionism, as well as individual personal qualities of students. The article presents the author’s concept of «procrastination» and the author’s questionnaire to determine the dominant type of procrastination among students.