Comparison of Perfectionism and Self-regulation in Students with and without Academic Procrastination

Elnaz Sadeghi Chookami¹ Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe²

1) M.A Student in General Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanity Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
2) PhD Candidate in Psychology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

IOI Code : XCFF-FGCFA
Publication : Demo - Website of Saman Conference Management System(iccuma.ir)
Abstract :
    Academic procrastination as an important and influential feature of student performance is a very important issue that needs to be explored and explained, including perfectionism and self-regulation, which are among the relevant and influential variables in academic procrastination. Be students. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare perfectionism and self-regulation in students with and without academic procrastination. The research design was a descriptive causal-comparative study. The statistical population of the study consisted of all students of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities of the University of Guilan in the semester of 2019-2020. A sample size of 300 (150 female students and 150 male students) was selected and then data were analyzed using Solomon & Rothblum Academic Delay Questionnaires (1984), Hill Perfectionism et al. (2004) and motivational strategies for learning Pintrich and Garcia (1991) were collected. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance. The results showed that there was a significant difference in perfectionism and self-regulation in students with and without neglect. Based on this, it was found that negligent students had less negative perfectionism and positive perfectionism, less motivational beliefs and learning strategies compared to non-negligent students. According to the results we can reduce the negative perfectionism of neglected students by implementing curricula and workshops as well as by creating reinforcing and motivational classes to improve their self-regulation significantly. Raised.

Keywords : academic procrastination perfectionism self regulation students