Predicting academic procrastination based on basic psychological needs, academic hope and academic identity in tenth grade male high school students

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, communication), academic hope, and academic identity with academic procrastination in 10th-grade high school male students in theoretical disciplines. The research method is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the study was all 10th-grade male high school students in Saqez. 197 students entered the study by cluster-step sampling. Data collection tools were Basic Psychological Needs Questionnaires) Deci and Ryan, 2000), Academic Hope (Samani and Sohrabi, 2011), Academic Identity (Was and Isaacson, 2008), and Academic Procrastination (Savari 2011). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression. Findings showed that procrastination has a negative and significant relationship with basic psychological needs r = -/295, academic hope r = -/473, (p <0.10), successful identity r = -/154 (p <0.50 ). Also, competency, academic hope, and successful academic identity could predict 15.7%, 22.3%, and 6.6% of academic procrastination, respectively. The results show that paying attention to the situation of basic psychological needs, academic hope, and students 'academic identity and measuring them can reduce students' academic procrastination.