Academic Procrastination and its Relationship to Satisfaction with the Major of the Students at the Faculty of Education, University of Misurata

Abstract

This research aims to identify the relationship between academic procrastination and satisfaction with the major among students of the Faculty of Education at Misurata University. The research aims to recognize the level of academic procrastination and satisfaction with the academic specialization among students of the Faculty of Education at Misurata University in accordance to the variables (gender - major); the purpose is to identify the differences in the level of satisfaction with the academic specialization (gender - major). To achieve the objectives of the research, the researchers used the descriptive correlational approach, and the research community consisted of all the students of the Faculty of Education, who are about (3336) male and female students, while the research sample consisted of (331) male and female students who were selected using the simple random sampling method. The researchers relied on the academic procrastination scale prepared by Abu Azreek and Jaradat (2013). In addition, the researchers deployed the scale of satisfaction with academic specialization prepared by Youssef (2008). The researchers used the relative frequency tables, the standard deviation, the arithmetic mean, and Pearson's correlation coefficient, as well as the T-test for two independent samples as statistical treatment methods. The prevalence of academic procrastination among students of the Faculty of Education - University of Misurata arose to a medium degree, while the level of student satisfaction with their majors was high. The results revealed that there are no differences in the level of academic procrastination among students of the Faculty of Education at Misurata University, according to the two variables (gender- major). Meanwhile, there are differences in the level of satisfaction with the academic specialization according to the variable (gender) in favour of females, and there are no differences in the level of satisfaction with the specialization study according to the variable (major).