Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice Innovations

Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice Innovations"

Mediating Role of Perfectionism between Ego Strength and Educational Procrastination in College Students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Jamil Mansouri 1
Nazila Amani 1
Mohammad Ali Besharat 2
Mina Mohammadi 3
1 PhD candidate in Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3 Master of Science in Career Counseling, Counseling Department, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22075/jcp.2024.33842.2879
Abstract
Background: Academic procrastination is one of the psychological characteristics of students that causes emotional, behavioral and academic problems for them.The present study was conducted to determine the mediating role of perfectionism dimensions between Ego Strength and Academic Procrastination levels of students.
Method: The type of research was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the research included students of different grades of Kharazmi University who were studying in the academic year 2023-2024. In recent research 300 students filled out ESS (Ego Strength Scale), TMPS (Tehran Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale) and APS (Academic Procrastination Questionnaire) questionnaires as data collection measures. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS-29 and Amos-28 software and the statistical method of structural equation modeling.
Results: The findings of the research showed that Ego Strength directly and significantly predicts students' academic procrastination with an effect coefficient (β= 0.21*); In addition, ego strength had an indirect and significant effect on academic procrastination with a coefficient of -0.08, indirectly and through the mediation of perfectionism dimensions.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that personality traits such as ego strength and perfectionism dimensions can play a role in the variance of students' academic procrastination and should be taken into account in programs to improve performance and reduce procrastination.
Keywords
Academic Performance
Ego Strength
Perfectionism
Procrastination
Subjects
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  • Receive Date 19 April 2024
  • Revise Date 17 November 2024
  • Accept Date 20 November 2024
  • First Publish Date 20 November 2024
  • Publish Date 22 September 2024