Rracrastination in collegw students

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Mojtaba  Tamadoni ¹ (Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch)

Received: 2015-06-04 Accepted : 2015-06-04 Published : 2010-06-22

Keywords: student, procrastination, Prevalence,

Abstract :

The distribution of procrastination in students studying at Tehran state and private (Islamic Azad) universities was examined. A sample of 1202 females and 770 males with an average age of 22, answered the Tuckman Procrastination Scale (1991). The results illustrated that procrastination among 54.6% of students was above average (M=69.2, SD=11.3). The significant negative skewness of distribution of procrastination in females (-0.11, P<0.05) and private universities’ students (-0.66, P<0.05) indicated that these two groups reported higher levels of procrastination behavior than the male students in state universities. The findings were discussed based on the structural and qualitative differences between state and private universities in Iran.