Investigation of the relationship between the academic procrastination behaviours, self- esteem and state- trait anxiety levels of high school students

In this research, it was aimed to investigate how the level of academic postponement of high school students firstly differs in this research and whether the level of academic postponement of high school students with different sexes differ significantly according to class level and school type The research contains is consisted of all 9th, 10th and 11 th grade students attending Anatolian, Vocatıonal and Religious vocatıonal high schools in Küçükçekmece, İstanbul. The sample is consisted of 500 students are selected by random sampling method. The data were collected with "Academic Procrastination Scale" (AEÖ) developed by Çakıcı (2003), "State- Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Coppersmith Self- Esteem Scale and "Personal İnformation Form" which is developed by the researcher and the results were evaluated. As a result of the investigation, a significant relationship was found between academic procrastınatıon behavior, self esteem and state – trait anxiety levels. Furthermore, Academic procrastination predicted by Self- esteem and State anxiety level but not by trait anxiety level. It was found that the levels of academic procrastination behaviors were significantly different according to gender, age, grade level, school type, department of education, exams and duration of study compared to independent variables, economic status, family cohesion did not make a significant difference according to independent variables. The findings were discussed and suggested in the light of the researches