The Relationship between Coping Styles with Stress and Positive and Negative Affects with Academic Procrastination in Students

Abstract

In the process of etiology of Student’s Academic Procrastination, The influencing role of Intrapersonal factors (Personality) and Interpersonal factors (Situation) has been emphasized. In the current study, the contribution of the “Coping Styles to Stress” and “Positive & Negative Affect” in the prediction of Academic Procrastination has been investigated. The sample includes 300 students (include 150 girls and 150 boys) of students studying in High School centers of Fars Province selected by multiple-stage Cluster Sampling method. Academic Procrastination Scale (PASS), Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS), and Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) were used for data gathering. The results showed that “Productive Coping Style” is negative predictor, and “Non Productive Coping Style” is positive predictor of Academic Procrastination. “Reference to Others Coping Style” cannot predict Academic Procrastination. Moreover, “Positive Affects” are negative predictor, and “Negative Affects” are positive predictor of Academic Procrastination. Moreover, the results showed that “Humanities” and “Basic Science” students were more Procrastinator than “Mathematics” students. According to these results, “Coping Styles to Stress” and “Positive & Negative Affect” are influential factors in academic procrastination, and by rearing “Productive Coping Style”, Academic Procrastination can be decreased.