Procrastination and self-esteem: An analysis of procrastination in relation to self-esteem and demographic variables among public servants in Tirana
Procrastination is a complex psychological behavior with emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components involving postponement of tasks or work for later despite negative consequences. This behavior has been widely studied by foreign researchers and has become the focus of psychological studies lately. This study aims to analyze procrastination in the Albanian context in relation to self-esteem and demographic factors such as age, gender, marital status, education, and the number of children among public servants in the city of Tirana. The study included 182 participants, of whom 140 were female and 42 were male, employed in public institutions in the city of Tirana. In order to measure the relationship between procrastination and self-esteem, two self-report instruments were used: Lay’s General Procrastination Scale and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale. The results show that 95.6% of participants have a normal level of procrastination, 2.7% of public servants have a high level of procrastination and 1.6% have a low level of procrastination. Pursuant to the study hypothesis that procrastination is expected to have a statistical correlation with the self-esteem it resulted that there is no statistically significant relationship between the two variables, nor between procrastination and demographic variables. Partial correlations revealed that procrastination statements had a statistical relationship with self-esteem and demographic variables. It was observed that 95% of the procrastination statements showed a statistically significant relationship with both the self-esteem statements and the demographic variables.