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The relationship between procrastination and anxiety is intricate, complicating the determination of which triggers the other.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To examine how anxiety and procrastination interact among medical students, particularly focusing on their reciprocal influence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This descriptive cross-sectional study included 311 MBBS students, recruited through simple convenient sampling. Procrastination was assessed with the Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS) and anxiety with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS version 27, with Chi-square tests, Pearson correlation, and linear regression. Statistical significance was set at\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Pearson correlation showed a significant, weak positive correlation between anxiety and procrastination (r = 0.346,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001). Subcategories of the IPS correlated with anxiety from negligible to high. Chi-square analysis found a significant association of anxiety with procrastination (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001) and gender (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.038), but no significant link of anxiety or procrastination with the year of study was observed. Linear regression revealed that anxiety significantly predicted procrastination (B = 0.354,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05) and vice versa (B = 0.339,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05), explaining 12% of the variance.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study found a weak yet significant positive correlation between anxiety and procrastination, indicating that the relationship might be bidirectional. 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