Presented below are the statistics and other forms of information that are pivotal to my Research Action Project. 

Based from my own survey results, I have determined that out of 27 participants from the Yr10 year group, 20 said that they procrastinated. That's approximately 74% of students claiming that they do procrastinate. Out of these students, a further 80% believed that procrastination had a serious effect on their grades. I was unable to determine an accurate result on the amount of students who believed that stopping procrastination would contribute to their grades because not enough data was submitted.

The results can be seen here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On top of the results that I managed to find, other US studies have suggested that up to 70% of students show signs of severe procrastination, affecting their academic results. To amalgomate the results of these studies in the us, we candetermine that one of the biggest costs of procrastination is actually health. Procrastinating, in some college students, is one of the evidence of immune system deficiency such as flu and colds. In addition to these deficiency problems are insomnia and gastrointestinal problems. It burdens the responsibility of an individual and destroys teamwork and private relationships. They can also change their behavior and consume their psychic energy, but this can be solved by cognitive behavioral therapy. The new trends of technology such as Facebook, the internet, latest mobile phones and watching TV are some of the constant distractions that make one put things off.

 

I have also used a mutltitude of graphs to determine the main causes for procrastination as well. Here is a graph representative of these results:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Out of a survey that the Huffingpost carried out, 87% of those surveryed who claimed that they procrastinated where school students, and 45% of those claimed that the procrastination negatively affected their grades as well. The main reasons for this procrastination are also very similar to the graph above, (see below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Researchers from desales.edu also concurred with the information represented in the other surveys, however their results were even more extreme. In a recent survey of 101 DeSales students 95 percent said that procrastination is a problem for a majority of college students. Of these 95 percent, 91 percent believe procrastination is a problem for students at DSU. According to Dr. Joseph Ferrari, associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago and Dr. Timothy Pychyl, associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, “Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators.” The professors also say that procrastination is “not trivial, although as a culture we don’t take it seriously as a problem.”

 

 

 

Bibliography:

References

BrandonGaille.com,. '17 Lazy Procrastination Statistics - Brandongaille.Com'. N.p., 2013. Web. 31 Aug. 2015.

The Huffington Post,. 'Here's What Procrastinators Are Doing Instead Of Schoolwork'. N.p., 2015. Web. 31 Aug. 2015.

Www4.desales.edu,. 'The Procrastination Epidemic: An Investigative Report'. N.p., 2015. Web. 31 Aug. 2015.

 

All of these websites were used for research. The Huffingpost provided multiple statistics on the amount of students who procrastinate, why they procrastinate, and how it affects them.

 

BrandonGaille.com provided a list of 17 procrastination statistics that were useful in representing some certain information including the effects that procrastination has, including the effects on an individuals health.

 

desales.edu provided a large amount of information which was useful in collating to demonstrate some key areas, however it generally covered the same information as the other two resources.