TY - JOUR T1 - The Prediction of Academic Procrastination Based on Emotional Intelligence components TT - پیش بینی تعلل ورزی تحصیلی بر اساس مؤلفه های هوش هیجانی JF - sjimu JO - sjimu VL - 21 IS - 4 UR - http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-1225-en.html Y1 - 2013 SP - 21 EP - 29 KW - academic procrastination KW - emotional intelligence KW - mastery students N2 - Introduction: Purpose of the study was to predict the academic procrastination of the master students of Shiraz University based on emotional intelligence components. Materials & Methods: In the present study, among master students of Shiraz University, 185 students (99 male and 86 female) were selected using a stratified random sampling method. The academic procrastination and Trait Meta-mood scale (TMMS) questionnaires were completed by the students under study. The data were analyzed by statistical correlation tests. Findings: The results indicated that the total score of emotional intelligence predicted academic procrastination and among the three emotional intelligence components, emotional clarity could predict academic procrastination. Discussion & Conclusion: According to these findings, it may reduce academic procrastination of students by interventions such as instructing the emotional intell-igence. M3 ER -