Investigation relationships between achievement goals and academic procrastination

Purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between achieving goals, academic procrastination in first grade female high school students (The second period) in Yazd city. The statistical population was all of first grade female high school students (The second period) in Yazd city in the academic year 93-1392 with 4077 the number. Among them selected 339 students as sample according to morgan formula and cluster sampling300. because of Failing to return and complete incorrect and incomplete questionnaires, the sample was 257 people at the end. The data were Elliot & McGregor the Achievement Goal Questionnaire 2001and Solomon and Rasblom Academic Procrastination Questionnaire 1984 . Results showed that The goals of Mastery orientation, mastery-avoidance and performance-orientation have meaningful relationship with procrastination. According to obtained results, By changing of the target's orientation, it would be possible to reduce or correct academic procrastination.