Impact of Academic Procrastination on Self-esteem among Dental and Medical Undergraduate Students

Abstract Objective: The aim of the current study was to investigate the prevalence of academic procrastination among medical and dental students and to determine the relationship between academic procrastination and self-esteem status in this population. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 312 medical and dental undergraduates at Army Medical College Rawalpindi and Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry Rawalpindi from February 2022 to April 2022.Data were collected through a questionnaire using the Rosenberg selfesteem scale and the ProcrastinationAssessment Scale-Student (PASS). The data collected were analysed using SPSS software version 24.0. Descriptive tests, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation test were performed. Results: The results indicated that a weak positive correlation (r = 0.022, P < 0.64) existed between academic procrastination scores and self-esteem scores. The mean difference between self-esteem scores (p=0.59)andacademicprocrastinationscores (p=0.75)amongmalesandfemaleswasnot significant. The mean self-esteem score of the MBBS students was higher than BDS students. Similarly, the mean academic procrastination score of BDS students was higher than MBBS students