Trait procrastination is believed to be highly prevalent among college students and detrimental to their educational performance. As the scenario among dental students is virtually unknown, this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of trait procrastination among dental students and to analyze its inluence on their academic performance. A total of 174 fourthyear dental students from three dental colleges in India voluntarily completed the Lay's Procrastination Scale-student version (LPS). The mean percentage marks scored in the subsequent inal university examinations were used as a measure of academic performance. The descriptive statistics were computed to evaluate the prevalence of signiicant procrastination (LPS score ≥60). Mann-Whitney U test and multiple linear regressions were used to assess the inluence of age and gender on procrastination severity, and the latter was again used to analyze the association between procrastination severity and academic performance. The results indicated that 27 percent (n=47) of the students exhibited a signiicant extent of trait procrastination; neither age nor gender affected its severity (p<0.05). Procrastination had a signiicant and negative impact on the academic performance of the student (beta=-0.150, p=0.039). These indings highlight the need for active measures to reduce the causes and consequences of procrastination in dental education.
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