Causal model of predicting academic procrastination based on parental roots and components of self-discrepancy with the mediating role of sense of belonging to school

The purpose of this research was to investigate the causal model of predicting academic procrastination based on parental roots and components of self-discrepancy with the mediating role of sense of belonging to school. The statistical population was all female students studying in the ninth grade of the first period of secondary school in the year 1400-1401 in Nahavand city. The research sample consisted of 312 people, which was obtained by Cochran's formula and random cluster sampling method. The tools used in this research were academic procrastination questionnaire, sense of belonging to school, parental roots and self-discrepancy questionnaire. The results of structural equations showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the components of parental roots, self-discrepancy, and sense of belonging to school with academic procrastination (P≥0.001). It also showed that 31% of the variance of academic procrastination is explained by the components of parental roots, incongruence and sense of belonging, and 13% of the variance of the sense of belonging is explained by parental roots. All path coefficients in the model are significant. According to the findings of the research, the need to pay attention to academic procrastination as one of the important and influential dimensions in the academic performance of students is raised more than ever. Therefore, it is recommended that educational psychologists and educational counselors formulate a suitable educational program to reduce academic procrastination in students and teach them ways to improve incompatible schemas, self-discrepancy components, and also increase the sense of belonging to school.