The Effectiveness of Gross Emotional Regulation Training Package on Procrastination of Female Students of University of Birjand

The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of Gross emotional regulation education package on female students’ procrastination. The study population included all students of University of Birjand in the academic year 2017-18, and the sample included 30 female students who scored high in the Schwarzer and Diehl procrastination scale (2000) and the Gratz and Roemer (2004) difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS), and were placed in trial and control groups. The study method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design, a control group, and follow-up. Emotion regulation was taught using Gross emotion regulation training package. Students’ post-test score reduced in the procrastination and difficulty in regulating emotion, which suggests effectiveness of training. According to the results, emotion regulation training reduces procrastination and facilitates emotion regulation by reducing the difficulties in regulating emotions.