Relationship between self-regulation (cognitive and meta cognitive) and academic procrastination with goal matching among Islamic Azad University students

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-regulation (cognitive and metacognitive) and academic procrastination with goal adjustment among students.

The research was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the present study included students of Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch in the academic year 2010-2011. The number of sample was 465 people who were selected by non-random sampling method. The questionnaires were prepared online and distributed in virtual groups of university students. The research instruments included the Versk et al. goal adjustment Scale, the self-regulatory questionnaire of Bofard et al., And the Solomon and Rothblom Academic Procrastination Scale. In this study, Pearson moment correlation test and multiple regression analysis test were used to test the hypotheses.

. The results of data analysis showed that alignment with students' goals has a significant positive relationship with self-regulation (cognitive and metacognitive strategies) and a significant negative relationship with procrastination. In addition, the results of simultaneous multiple regression analysis test showed cognitive self-regulation with a beta coefficient of 0.195 And metacognitive self-regulation with a beta of 0.213 At the significance level, P <0.001 has a significant positive relationship with matching with the goal, But the share of factors for preparing for exams with a beta coefficient of -0.041 and preparing for a task with a beta coefficient of -0.014 and preparing for end-of-term papers -.0.50 at a significance level of P <0.001 as Negatives are significant predictors of alignment with students' goals. Which has the ability to explain 17% of the variance of alignment with students' goals.

The results of the present study can be used to identify the reasons for not achieving goals in students and use it in individual counseling or designing training courses.