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Procrastination as a widespread phenomenon that experiencing negative results due to unnecessarily avoiding task. It is a serious issue in the educational environment which involves voluntarily delaying the unpleasant task for another time, where learner experiences short term benefits and long-term costs. This paper includes thirty-five studies of the researchers from India and abroad, with the intent to ascertain the relationship among academic procrastination, self-efficacy and locus of control. In first phase the focus was established on the relationship between academic procrastination and self-efficacy and in second phase focus was on the relationship between academic procrastination and locus of control. From detailed analysis of reviews, earlier studies depicted mixed and contradictory results on the relationship among these variables. some studies found significant relationship among the variables and some did not. To address some limitations, future research should expand the understanding of relationship among these variables. This paper would provide a direction to the future researcher in order to understand the nature and predictors of academic procrastination.