Self-oriented perfectionism, achievement goals and procrastination
This study had two main purposes. One of the purposes was to examine whether achievement goals are factors that contribute to the inconsistent relationship between self-oriented perfectionism and passive procrastination that was found in previous research; the other purpose was to obtain a better picture of active procrastination by examining its similarity and difference with passive procrastination. Participants (N =155) were recruited to report on a set of measures about their self-oriented perfectionism, achievement goals, passive procrastination and active procrastination. Results indicated that (1) only one significant interaction was found. Performance-avoidance goals were negatively related to active procrastination in low self-oriented perfectionism group; (2) Passive procrastination and active procrastination had different patterns of relationship with self-oriented perfectionism and each achievement goal type. Therefore, this study failed to attest that achievement goals were the factors that contributed to the inconsistent relationship between self-oriented perfectionism and passive procrastination. However, it supported the necessity to distinguish active procrastination from passive procrastination. Implications for future studies are also discussed.
Educational psychology, Active procrastination, mastery goals, performance-approach goals, performance-avoidance goals, Procrastination, self-oriented perfectionism
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