Comparing academic procrastination among female students with internal and external source of control

Abstract

Introduction: academic procrastination is one of the common problems among students and it is described as a defect in self-regulation. The purpose of the present research was to compare academic procrastination among female students with internal and external source of control in Kermanshah in academic year of 2015.
Method: it was a casual-comparative research. 100 individuals have been selected from female students of dormitory by simple random sampling. Measuring tools included Solomon and Roth-Bloom academic procrastination scale and Rutter's internal-external source of control questionnaire. In order to analyze data, independent t-test was used.
Findings: findings indicate that there was difference only in the score of procrastination in essay writing with internal and external source of control and the results indicated that there is more procrastination in essay writing among students with external source of control than external source of control (p<0.05). Also, the results showed that there was no significant difference between total score of procrastination, procrastination in exam and assignments among students with internal and external source of control.
Conclusion: due to the fact that individual sense of domination influences on life and environmental conditions and human body and psyche, they experience more procrastination with external source of control because of lack of tendency to compete in their academic performances. So, it is necessary to attempt to internalize their source of control in order to obtain educational and occupational achievement.