ABSTRACT
Background: Student life is dotted with undertaking of several tests at different levels. It is only natural forsome students to react to the task of preparing for tests by procrastinating till the very last moment or byspending excessive time on mastering perfection. In fact, sometimes striving for perfection can itself lead toprocrastination or we actually procrastinate so that we can be perfect. The strength of each of theseresponses has a profound influence on our test anxiety levels. Thus, this study aimed to examine therelationship between procrastination, perfectionism and test anxiety.Methods: The sample consisted of 89 participants, all between the age group of 17-19. The ProcrastinationScale for student population by Lay to measure procrastination levels, Multidimensional Personality Scaleby Hewitt and Flett to measure perfectionism levels and Westside Test Anxiety Scale by Richard Driscollto measure test anxiety levels have been used for this purpose.Results: Results revealed a moderate negative correlation between self-oriented perfectionism andprocrastination whereas a moderate positive correlation has been found each in the case of sociallyprescribed perfectionism and procrastination, socially prescribed perfectionism and test anxiety as well asprocrastination and test anxiety. All the correlations are statistically significant.Conclusion:The research has important implications for understanding the necessity of bringing about achange in the current education system and also at institutional and individual levels for tackling theproblems of procrastination, perfectionism and test anxiety which are commonly faced by Indian collegegoing adolescents today.