Objective　To investigate the current situation of students' academic procrastination behavior in medical colleges and universities and its influencing factors

and to put forward suggestions to reduce the academic procrastination of medical students. Methods　A total of 1 327 undergraduate students from three medical colleges and universities in Heilongjiang Province were randomly selected to receive questionnaire investigation on life satisfaction

anxiety

and academic procrastination. SPSS 23.0 was used for data analysis. Results　①The total procrastination scores of medical students were (35.00±8.92) points. ②There were statistical differences in the academic procrastination of medical students with different genders

whether the only children

the reasons for choosing the major

and the level of achievement (P < 0.05). There was no statistical difference in academic procrastination among medical students of different ages and grades (P > 0.05). ③Medical students' procrastination was positively correlated with their anxiety level (r = 0.102

P < 0.01)

and negatively correlated with life satisfaction (r = -0.117

P < 0.01). ④Regression analysis showed that the following six predictive variables including the level of achievement

gender

life satisfaction

anxiety

reasons for choosing the major

and whether the only children could effectively explain the variance of 14.2% academic procrastination of medical students. Conclusion The overall degree of academic procrastination of medical students is higher than that of non-medical students. And the students' achievement level

gender

life satisfaction

anxiety

the reasons for choosing this major and whether the only child are the influencing factors of academic procrastination.