Introduction: Most college students continuously procrastinate on academic tasks. Yet, those with higher levels of self-efficacy usually consider assignments as challenges to overcome. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between academic procrastination, academic achievement, and self-efficacy in nursing students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This cr...

Given the wide prevalence of procrastination and delaying tasks and the need to identify factors affecting this problem, present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of anticipated regret and consideration of future consequences in the relationship between impulsive choice and emotional distress with procrastination. In an analytical cross-sectional study, 400 students were selected th...

This study aimed to determine the relationship between motivation and objectives of social development with academic procrastination. The subjects, 275 (boys and girls) in the city of Marivan were selected. The instruments in this study were academic motivation, social development and academic procrastination questionnaires. For data analysis, stepwise regression and structural equation model w...

Introduction: Identifying affecting factors on academic procrastination is considered as a common psychological trauma in academic environments. Thus, this study aimed to provide a model predicts academic procrastination on the basis of personality traits and achievement goals. Methods: This cross sectional analytic study consisted of 258 students of faculty of nursing, Shiraz University of Med...

Introduction: Academic procrastination is a behavior that can be created following cognitive beliefs and structures and also be influenced by cognitive processes. Various factors related to perception and abilities play an important role in the occurrence of procrastination. The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of learning strategies in the relationship between metacognitiv...