Investigating the Relationship between early Maladaptive Schemas and Acadmic Procrastination with the Mediating Role of Personality Traits and Perfectionism

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and Acadmic procrastination with the mediating role of personality traits and perfectionism. The method of the present study is descriptive-correlational and was performed by structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the study consisted of 8640 students of Persian Gulf University in 1400. 301 students were selected by purposive sampling method and completed the maladaptive schemas questionnaire (ISQ), active procrastination scale (APS), passive procrastination scale (PPS), hexaco personality questionnaire (HPQ) and multidimensional perfectionist structures questionnaire (MPCQ) Structural equation model and SPSS and AMOS software were used to analyze the data. The results of structural equation model showed that the direct relationship between maladaptive schema variable with perfectionism and maladaptive schema with personality traits is significant. Also, the direct relationship between personality traits andAcadmic procrastination was significant, but the direct relationship between perfectionism and Acadmic procrastination was not significant. Indirect relationships of incompatible schema with Acadmic procrastination were also significant through personality traits, but indirect relationships of incompatible schema with Acadmic procrastination through perfectionism were not significant. Based on the research findings, we conclude that maladaptive schemas are well associated with Acadmic procrastination through personality traits. At the end, the necessary suggestions were presented.