ABSTRACT
This study examined the influence of Internet-Addiction on Academic Procrastination among Students of Nigerian Universities (a case study of Ahmadu Bello University). The study stated three objectives, three research questions and three hypotheses. Research design used for the conduct of the study was the Expost Facto design. The population for the study was 33,470, a sample of 380 proportionate male and female students were used for this study. The Bio data form, adopted Internet Addiction Test IAT (Young, 1998) and adopted Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students PASS (Solomon &Rothblum, 1984) were instruments used for collecting data for the study. Both instruments of IAT and PASS have reliabilities of 0.90 and 0.79 respectively. The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation; t-test and ANOVA to answer the research questions and hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that significant difference exists between male and female students in their level of internet-addiction and academic procrastination (t= 3.427, p= 0.004). Furthermore, significant differences exists among students of different levels of study in their level of internet-addiction and academic procrastination (f=12.56, p=0.000), also, a significant difference exists among students of different faculties of study in their level of internet-addiction and academic procrastination (f=5.173, p=0.000). Finally, the study recommend that the University management, Psychologists, as well as lecturers, parents and or guardians of students regularly sensitize their wards on the negative influence of internet social media platforms on their personal and or academic life with emphasis on the males and Arts and Social Sciences students‟ altogether.
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