Levels of Academic Procrastination and Self-Motivation and the Relationship between them among Students of Makkah and Laith Colleges in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify the levels of academic procrastination, and level of self-motivation among students of Makkah and Laith colleges in the light of the variables: school year and geographic location . To achieve the goals of the study a scales of academic procrastination (Choi and Moran, 2009) and self-motivation (Abdullah &Alwazania, 2012) were used. The sample consisted of (160) male students from Makkah and AL laith colleges. Results of the study revealed that levels of procrastination and self-motivation for the study sample were in the average level. There were significant differences between students' scores of procrastination contributed to college place in favor of Laith colleges students. In addition, there were significant differences between students' scores of self-motivation contributed to college place in favor of Makkah colleges students. Also, there were significant differences between students' scores of procrastination contributed to students study level in favor of first year Laith colleges students. As well as, there were significant differences between students' scores of self-motivation contributed to study level in favor of second year students of Makkah college. Also, there was a negative significant correlation between academic procrastination, and self-motivation.