Research Article | Open Access
Procrastination, Stress and Academic Engagement in Medicine Students
Jenny Marianella Zavaleta Oliver Violeta Cadenillas Albornoz Ruth Alina Flores Barrios Héctor Chico Tasayco
Pages: 610-618
Abstract
In the study titled Procrastination, stress in academic engagement in Medicine
students of a private university, the objective is to establish the relationship between
procrastination and stress in the academic engagement of Medicine students of a
private university according to sex and age. The approach used was quantitative,
descriptive method, and basic. The population was 1904 Medicine students of the
private university, the sample was 320 Medicine students, a stratified probability
sampling method was used. The technique used was the survey and the instrument
was the questionnaire for three variables. The investigation concluded that: 27.8% of
students had a low procrastination level, 48.1% had an average low level, 22.5% had
an average high level, and 1.6% had a high level of procrastination. As for academic
stress, it was found that 39.7% of students had a mild level, 45.6% had a moderate
level and 14.7% had a severe academic stress level. As for academic engagement, it
was found that 52.8% of students had a low level, 35.3% had an average level and
11.9% had a high level
Keywords
Procrastination, Stress, Academic Engagement, University Students.