Authors : Idris, Mahmood Aliyu; Shehu Ndagi Ahmed; Ishaka Ibrahim Abba

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 3 - March

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26mar284

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Abstract : This study investigated the influence of Personality Types A and B on academic procrastination among undergraduate students of the University of Abuja, Nigeria. A correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised all undergraduate students of the University of Abuja, from which a sample of 586 students were selected using a multistage sampling technique. Data were collected using two adapted instruments: the Personality Type A and B Questionnaire and the Academic Procrastination Scale. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency, and percentage) were used to answer the research questions, while inferential statistics (Pearson Product Moment Correlation, independent samples t-test, and one-way ANOVA) were employed to test the null hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that a higher proportion of the students exhibited Type A personality (59.6%) compared to Type B (40.4%). The results further indicated that undergraduate students demonstrated a moderate level of academic procrastination (grand mean = 2.65). A significant positive relationship was found between personality types and academic procrastination (r = .829, p < .05). However, no significant differences were observed in personality types and academic procrastination on the basis of gender. With respect to geopolitical zones, a significant difference was found in personality types, while no significant difference was observed in academic procrastination. The study concludes that personality types play a significant role in understanding academic procrastination among undergraduates. It was recommended, among others, that universities provide personality-sensitive counselling and time-management interventions to help reduce maladaptive procrastination behaviours among students.

Keywords : Relationship, Personality Types, Academic Procrastination, Undergraduate.

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