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@article{197313,
        author = {Helena Ndeshimona Nangombe and Prof. Shravan Kumar},
        title = {A Comparative Study of Academic Procrastination of National and International Undergraduate Students},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {11},
        pages = {6315-6319},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=197313},
        abstract = {Delaying or postponing has become part of the routine in some people’s life. “I’ll do it later” or “I ‘ll think about it tomorrow,” are commonly said expressions. Procrastination as the tendency to put off beginning or complete important tasks until it becomes uncomfortable, Solomon and Rothblum (1984a). Academic procrastination is a tendency in which students postpone academic tasks such as attending lectures, preparing for a test, or working on a project. Academic procrastination can result in poor academic achievement, stress, and a decline in mental health. While it is regarded as a global behavior, the manner it manifests and the causes behind it differ across domestic and overseas students according to cultural, social, and academic factors. Despite multiple researchers’ conduct various studies on this behavior, it appears that it is becoming more frequent and acceptable among students, despite its poor influence on academic progress and well-being. The major purpose of this research is to investigate Academic Procrastination among national and foreign undergraduate students. The investigator employed the Academic Procrastination Questionnaire (Gupta and Bashir. 2018)  to collect the data to compare the academic procrastination between national and international (male and female) undergraduate students. A basic random selection approach was applied to pick 100 undergraduate students and collect data from them. The descriptive statistics namely: mean, standard deviation, t- test were employed through Excel and SPSS to analyse the findings. The study’s findings indicate a considerable difference exists between national and international undergraduate regarding academic procrastination. For that reason academic procrastination varies dramatically across national and international undergraduate students enrolling at the University of Lucknow.},
        keywords = {Academic Procrastination; National students; International students.},
        month = {April},
        }