A social work study on procrastinating behavior: A case study of some Iranian high school students

• Main Authors: Afsaneh Javadzadeh, Mohammad Reza Abedi, Hadi Ansaralhosseini
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Growing Science 2013-05-01
• Series: Management Science Letters
• Subjects: Procrastination; Carrier development; APSS test
• Online Access: http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol3/msl_2013_115.pdf

This paper presents an empirical investigation on procrastinating behavior among some high school students in city of Esfahan, Iran. The proposed study uses APSS test developed by Solomon and Rothblum (1984) [Solomon, L.J., & Rothblum, E.D. (1984). Academic procrastination: Frequency and cognitive-behavioral correlates. Journal of Counseling, 31, 503-509.]. The study selects a sample of 60 students who were enrolled as secondary high school in city of Esfahan, Iran. The study performs some intervention sessions including seven 75-minute sessions and finally post-test has been performed. The results of ANOVA test between these two groups of pre-test and post-test have revealed that the sessions could help students reduce their procrastination and increase their motivation on their education.