University Students’ Academic Procrastination: The Role of Coping Styles with Stress and the Dual Dimensions of Perfectionism

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of coping styles with stress and dimensions of perfectionism in predicting students’ academic procrastination. The present study was a correlative one. 190 BA students of the University of Isfahan were selected by using cluster random sampling. The participants completed Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students (PASS), Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS), and Perfectionism Scale. The results of regression analysis showed that problem-focused coping style, emotion-focused coping style, normal perfectionism, and neurotic perfectionism had respectively the most effect in predicting academic procrastination (p

Keywords

• academic procrastination
• coping styles with stress
• Normal perfectionism
• Neurotic perfectionism
• University Students