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Introduction: One of challenges that students faced on their academic years is academic procrastination. It means “delay performing a task”. Since academic procrastination could effect on various aspects of students' personal and social life, by identifying related factors can be taken a step towards reducing or eliminating it. This study aimed to determined academic procrastination and related factors in Students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2015. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 459 students of all major of Guilan University of Medical Sciences were selected by stratified random sampling method. Data collection scales were three parts of demographic information, academic information and Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students (PASS) by Solomon and Rothblum. Data was analyzed with T Test, ANOVA, multiple regressions by SPSS v.20. Result: Most of students were female (72.7%), single (86%) and undergraduat (66.6%). Mean score of academic procrastination was 63.3±9.1 and most students (69.5%) had moderate procrastination. academic procrastination had significant difference with gender (p=0.002) and academic level (p=0.03). Also in multiple regression models, gender, program of study and academic level were main predictors of procrastination. Females, dental students and postgraduate students had higher level of academic procrastination. Conclusion: There is a moderate academic procrastination in students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences and its relationship with gender, program of study and academic level was observed. Investigation on causes and appropriate strategies to reduce this behavior is recommended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
