Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Faculty Member, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee University, Tehran, Iran
2 Faculty Member, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
3 MSc in Counseling, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee Tarbiat University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Academic Procrastination is a common behavioral problem in academic environments and has negative academic- consequences and it is important identify and investigate the factors influencing it. Hence, purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of training of Acceptance and Commitment therapy on academic procrastination among students. This study was conducted semi-experimentally with pretest-posttest control group design. Statistical society of this research is all second course high school female students in Shahid Sadeghi school in Tehran years 1397-1398. and sample included 30 students who were their Academic Procrastination was one standard deviation above the mean that were replaced randomly to the experimental group (n = 15) and control group (n = 15). Experimental group were treated by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in eight sessions, it is used academic procrastination Solomon and Rothblum questionnaire (1984) to measure the variable. Collected data analyzed by multi variate analys of covariance. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance and univariate analysis of covariance showed that acceptance and commitment therapy in the experimental group leads to decrease Academic Procrastination compared to control group in post Test. There is a significant difference between the two groups. The findings suggest that acceptance and commitment therapy is an effective approach on reduce Procrastination. Thus, the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy based intervention can be used decrease Academic Procrastination in target groups in school counseling centers
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