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    Emotional intelligence as correlates of academic procrastination among students in higher institutions of learning in North-Central, Nigeria.
    (RNSA Journal of multidisciplinary research and innovation, Vol. 1(2), 2025) Bibire, A.H., Maiwada, R.A. & Saadu, K.Y
    This study examines emotional intelligence as a correlate of academic procrastination among students in higher institutions of learning in North-Central Nigeria. A correlational research design was adopted for the study; a stratified sampling technique was employed to select eight (8) higher institutions in the region. A proportionate sampling technique was used to sample 433 students in the selected institutions in Nigeria. Two adapted scales were used to assess the variables of interest in this study (Emotional intelligence and academic procrastination) from Mangal and Mangal (2004) and Lay (1986). Their validity and reliability were acceptable at 0.67 and 0.71, respectively. The study employed the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient to test the null hypotheses. The findings of this study revealed that there was significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and academic procrastination among male and female students in higher institutions of learning in North-Central, Nigeria; there was significant positive relationship between male and female students' emotional intelligence in higher institutions of learning in North-Central, Nigeria; and there was significant positive relationship between male and female students academic procrastination in higher institutions of learning in North-Central, Nigeria. This study recommended that students, regardless of gender, should use their emotional intelligence to reduce academic procrastination. The implications of this study for policymakers and interventions in higher education are to identify practical ways to help undergraduates overcome academic procrastination and to design a programme that enhances students' emotional intelligence. Keyword: Academic Procrastination, Emotional Intelligence, Higher Institutions of Learning, Male and Female