ARTICLE INFO

Article Type

Descriptive & Survey Study

Authors

Abbasi   M. (*)
Pirani   Z. (1)
Razmjoiy   L. (2)
Bonyadi   F. (1)






(*) Psychology Department, Literature & Human Sciences Faculty, Kazerun Salman Farsi University, Kazerun, Iran
(1) Psychology Department, Literature & Human Sciences Faculty, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
(1) Psychology Department, Literature & Human Sciences Faculty, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
(2) Psychology Department, Literature & Human Sciences Faculty, Kazerun Salman Farsi University, Kazerun, Iran

Correspondence

Address: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Salman Farsi University of Kazerun, Ershad Crossroads, Kazerun, Iran
Phone: +987142216050
Fax: +987142216060
abbasi@kazeronsfu.ac.ir

Article History

Received:   June  21, 2015
Accepted:   November 11, 2015
ePublished:   January 10, 2016

ABSTRACT

Aims As an important intervening factor to enhance educational and motivational performance of the students, understating the effective factors on behavioral enthusiasm plays a very important role. The aim of this study was to explain the role of motivational self-regulation and procrastination in predicting the students’ behavioral enthusiasm.
Instrument & Methods In the correlational descriptive cross-sectional study, 311 students of Arak University of Medical Sciences were selected via Available Sampling using Cochran’s Formula in 2014-15 academic year. Data was collected, using Students’ Educational Procrastination Scale, Motivational Self-regulating Scale, and Behavioral Enthusiasm Scale. Data was analyzed in SPSS 19 software using Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and Multiple Regression Analysis.
Findings The highest and the lowest correlations were between procrastination and behavioral enthusiasm and between environmental control and behavioral enthusiasm, respectively (p<0.05). There was a positive and significant correlation between self-regulation and behavioral enthusiasm. In addition, there was a negative and significant correlation between procrastination and behavioral enthusiasm (p<0.001). Totally, procrastination (β=-0.233) and motivational self-regulation (β=0.238) explained 10% of the students’ behavioral enthusiasm variance (p<0.001; R²=0.102).
Conclusion Any reduction in procrastination and any enhancement in motivational self-regulation can enhance the students’ behavioral enthusiasm.


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