Grit and Academic Procrastination among Undergraduate Students at Faculty X in Yogyakarta

Abstract

Undergraduate students have the challenge of getting a good grade point average and completing their studies on time. However, in facing these challenges, they are often not well prepared and often delay carrying out tasks. Deliberate and persistent procrastination has undesirable consequences for the procrastinator. Therefore, students need grit to be able to face challenges in studying. This research aims to determine the correlation between grit and academic procrastination among students at Faculty ABC Yogyakarta. Data was collected through an online survey of 140 undergraduate students at Faculty ABC Yogyakarta. The analysis in this study used the Spearman correlation technique which showed a negative correlation between grit and academic procrastination with r = -0.615 and a significance value of p = 0.000. This research concludes that grit has a significantly negative role in academic procrastination among undergraduate students at Faculty ABC Yogyakarta, amounting to 37.8%.