A comprehensive analysis of personality traits, procrastination and cognitive failures in college students: The impact of gender

Abstract

The study aims to explore relationships between personality traits, procrastination, and cognitive failures, and also examines gender differences in these three variables. The sample consisted of a total of one hundred and sixty college students from the Punjab region of India. Data was collected using self-report measures, including the NEO Five-Factor Inventory-Revised, Cognitive Failures Questionnaire, and the General Procrastination Scale. A T-test was used to calculate the significant gender differences. The relationship between personality traits, procrastination and cognitive failures was analyzed using Pearson’s correlation and linear regression. All statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) software. The results showed that conscientiousness was negatively correlated with procrastination and cognitive failures. Males tend to procrastinate more and names of cognitive failures, whereas females experience more neuroticism and cognitive failures, particularly in distractibility and blunders. Agreeableness was negatively correlated with cognitive failures, blunders and distracters. Conscientiousness and agreeableness were found to be significant predictors of procrastination and cognitive failures.