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Effectiveness of Time Prespective Therapy on Motivational and Cognitive Strategies in Procrastinition Students of girls of Persian Gulf University

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor, Persian Gulf University

2 MA in Educational Psychology, Persian Gulf Universi

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this research was to examine the effectiveness of time Prespective therapy on motivational strategies and cognitive in procrastinition students. Method: Design of this experimental research was pretest-posttest associated with control group. Instruments of the present study includes the Zimbardo Time Perspective Questionnaire, Zusho and Barnett procrastination Motivational-cognitive Questionnaire (2011) and Tuckman and Brousse Questionnaire (1991).  Statistical population consists of all the students studying at Gulf University in the academic year 2015-2016; and 300 of them were selected by multistage cluster sampling and responded to the academic procrastination scale (TPS). Then by using cutting point, 36 Procrastinition girl Students were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. Time perspective therapy (six sessions) was considered as an independent variable based on the Zimbardo protocol (2012). To analyze the data, Multivariate Covariance Analysis was performed using SPSS software. Findings: The results of the research showed that Time Prespective Therapy improvement of motivational and Cognitive strategies and procrastination in the experimental group compared with the control group. The results of ANCOVA analysis showed that, through controlling pretests, there is a meaningful difference between posttests of mastery goals, performance- approach goals, need for cognition, procrastination, expectation for success, task value, rehearsal, organization and metacognitive self-regulation  in experimental and control groups. But, there was no significant change in the avoidance goal variable (p = 0. 19). Conclusion: Based on the results Time Perspective Therapy is an effective therapeutic approach to increasing Motivational Strategies and Cognitive in Procrastinition girl Students.

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Social Cognition
Volume 7, Issue 1 - Serial Number 13
August 2018
Pages 121-140
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