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.
mosavi M, hashemi S, yazdi A, soltani E, ahmadi Z, khanzadeh M et al . The Prediction of Academic Procrastination Based on Emotional Intelligence components. J. Ilam Uni. Med. Sci. 2013; 21 (4) :21-29 URL: http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-1225-en.html