Research Paper The International Journal of Indian Psychology ISSN 2348-5396 (Online) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (Print) Volume 8, Issue 4, Oct- Dec, 2020 DIP: 18.01.049/20200804, DOI: 10.25215/0804.049 http://www.ijip.in © 2020, Munavara T. & Thomas S.; licensee IJIP. This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A study on procrastination and achievement motivation among young adults during lockdown Twayibathul Munavara 1 *, Sannet Thomas 2 ABSTRACT Aim: Procrastination is defined as the act of putting off or delaying an action to a later time (Bachrach, 2012). Achievement motivation is affect in connection with evaluated performance in which competition with a standard of excellence was paramount. (McClelland, Atkinson, Clark, & Lowell, 1953). The present study aimed to investigate the level of procrastination and achievement motivation among young adults during lockdown. This study was conducted during the COVID-19 outbreaks; thus, the study helps to understand the level of procrastination and achievement motivation among young adults during this uncontrollable and unpredictable situation, i.e, lockdown. Methods: The study was conducted on 100 young adults aged 18 to 24 years, out of which 50 were females and 50 were males, through purposive sampling techniques. Procrastination scale (Lay, 1986), The Achievement motivation scale (John Ray,1990) were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by using independent sample t-test, Pearson product moment correlation. Result: Result of the study showed that there is no significant difference in procrastination among young adults across gender. There is no significant difference in Achievement motivation among young adults across gender. There is a significant correlation between procrastination and achievement motivation. Keywords: Procrastination, Achievement Motivation uring the lockdown period many people have high level of procrastination. One reason may be due to lack of achievement motivation. This study helps to understand the relationship between procrastination and achievement motivation among young adults across gender during lockdown. Procrastination is defined as the act of putting off or delaying an action to a later time (Bachrach, 2012). Procrastination refers to wasting time before a deadline. Procrastination has a negative impact on the quality of one’s work and is linked to a variety of negative physical and psychological outcomes. Achievement motivation is affect in connection with evaluated performance in which competition with a standard of excellence was paramount. (McClelland, Atkinson, Clark, & Lowell, 1953). Achievement motivation consists of a varied and complex set of assumptions, assessments, predictions, inferences, values, standards, and affective reactions 1 Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Mundur, Palakkad, Kerala, India 2 Assistant Professor, Department of psychology, Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Mundur, Palakkad, Kerala, India *Responding Author Received: October 20, 2020; Revision Received: November 12, 2020; Accepted: November 15, 2020 D