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Investigating High School Students' Personality Traits and Academic Procrastination with Cluster Analysis

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Börekci. Investigating high school students' personality traits and academic procrastination with cluster analysis. European J Psychol E. 2022;5(1):63-76. doi: 10.12973/ejper.5.1.63
Börekci, C. (2022). Investigating high school students' personality traits and academic procrastination with cluster analysis. European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 5(1), 63-76. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.5.1.63
Börekci Caner. "Investigating High School Students' Personality Traits and Academic Procrastination with Cluster Analysis," European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research 5, no. 1 (2022): 63-76. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.5.1.63
Börekci, 2022, 'Investigating high school students' personality traits and academic procrastination with cluster analysis', European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 63-76. Börekci, Caner. "Investigating High School Students' Personality Traits and Academic Procrastination with Cluster Analysis." European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, vol. 5, no. 1, 2022, pp. 63-76, https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.5.1.63.

Abstract

In this study, a cluster analysis was performed by creating a data set from students' personality traits and academic procrastination behaviours. Correlation analysis was done to examine the relationship between the variables, and the characteristics of the formed clusters and the association of the clusters with the perceived socioeconomic status were examined. Cluster analysis is a simple and practical method for classifying a set of complex data based on certain variables and making them more meaningful and using the results as an aid to decision-making. Clustering algorithms handle such data effectively, making it more meaningful. Following the analysis, it was revealed that two clusters had formed. The first of the clusters includes 65.2 % of the sample population; the level of procrastination and the mean score of neurotic personality traits were calculated higher than the other cluster. The remaining part of the sample population (34.8 %) constitutes the second cluster. The mean scores of studying systematically habits and extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience personality traits of the students forming this cluster are higher than the other cluster. No association was observed between the clusters and the perceived socioeconomic levels of the students. The distributions of socioeconomic levels within the clusters are similar to each other. When the correlations of these variables are examined; positive relationships were found between the level of procrastination and neurotic personality traits. Procrastination behaviour and neurotic personality traits were also negatively correlated with other variables.

Keywords: Academic procrastination, big five personality traits, cluster analysis.


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