Tipos de personalidad y su relación con la procrastinación y el rendimiento académico de estudiantes de bachillerato

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study personality types and their relationship with procrastination and academic performance in high school students. To evaluate personality, the International Personality Disorder Examination Questionnaire (IPDE) was used to identify and evaluate personality disorders proposed by the DSM-IV, it has 77 items and its answers are true or false. In addition, the Academic Procrastination Scale (EPA) was used, which was designed by Busko in 1998, currently there is an updated version in Spanish by Álvarez, this scale has 16 items and its answers are (1) never, (2) seldom, (3) sometimes, (4) almost always, (5) always. It was found that the personality types proposed by the DSM-IV are related to procrastination. For this research we have the participation of 150 high school students of the Juan XXIII Educational Unit, where 51% of the total population were female and 49% male. This research is of quantitative typology and has a descriptive correlational scope.