The effective strategies for preventing high school students’ academic procrastination

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate effective strategies for high school students’ academic procrastination in Lorestan province. For this purpose, 382 subjects were selected among the statistical population of high school students in grade two and three, by cluster random sampling method. Data collecting tool consisted of a 73 multiple choice questionnaire that its validity was confirmed by experts’ approval and content validity method and its reliability obtained to be 0.92 after implementation in a sample of 30 subjects by Cronbach alpha coefficient calculation. After the distribution, completion, collection, arranging and data entry the principal component analysis method was used for data analysis. The obtained results were led to the extraction of nine main factors including the sense of need for effort and act, time, planning, pledge, self-confidence, self-monitors, reminders and induce oneself to do homework, detail technology, reward and punishment.