Self-oriented perfectionism, achievement goals and procrastination
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description: 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.
abstract: 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.
author: Yan, Tiansang
language: en
keywords: Educational psychology, Active procrastination, mastery goals, performance-approach goals, performance-avoidance goals, Procrastination, self-oriented perfectionism
date published: 2014-01-01
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:44:56Z
provider: University of Kansas
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Kansas

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