Among students, procrastination is associated with lower academic performance, such as lower grades or grade point average (GPA).
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The Short Version
The evidence supports a real overall link between student procrastination and lower grades or GPA. Multiple reviews and meta-analytic findings show that higher academic procrastination is generally associated with worse academic performance, though the effect is usually modest rather than large. Some specific subtypes or samples show weak, null, or even positive results, so the pattern is not universal.
Caveats
This is an association claim, not proof that procrastination directly causes lower grades.
The average effect appears small to moderate, so procrastination is one factor among many influencing academic performance.
Results vary by how procrastination is defined and measured; some narrow contexts, including 'active procrastination,' may not show the same negative pattern.