Predicting Procrastination based on Communication Patterns, Parent-child Relationship and Its Effect on Teaching Students' Behavioral Patterns

The purpose of this study was to predict procrastination based on communication patterns, Parent-child relationship and student behavior patterns. The statistical population of this study consisted of all students of Roodehen branch of Islamic Azad University during 2018-2019. In a correlational research framework, 200 people were selected by multistage random sampling. They completed the Tuckman Neglect Scale, Fitzpatrick and Koener Family Communication Patterns Scale, Parent-Child Relationship Evaluation Scale of Fine, Moreland, and Schoebel, and Friedman and Rosenman scale of behavioral patterns. The results of multivariate regression analysis showed that only two components of dialogue orientation and conformance orientation of the communication patterns variable were significantly correlated with the procrastination variable. The dialogue variable has a positive and significant correlation with the procrastination variable. In other words, the increase in this variable increased the score of procrastination, which indicated a low procrastination; however, on the contrary, the correlation of the attitudinal orientation variable with negligence was negative and significant that indicated high procrastination. No significant correlation was found between parent-child relationship variables and behavioral patterns with procrastination. The overall conclusion was that procrastination was predictable based on family communication patterns.