The Role of Achievement Motivation and Test Anxiety in Predicting Students' Self-handicapping and Procrastination

The aim of the present study was to determine the role of the achievement motivation and test anxiety in predicting students' self-handicapping and procrastination. The method was descriptive-correlational, and the statistical population included all young students of the University of Applied Sciences and Technology of East Tehran; who were studying in one of the faculties of this university in the academic year of ۲۰۱۷-۲۰۱۸. The Cochran's sample size estimation formula was used to determine the sample size, which were ۳۴۰ people. The sampling was done on a basis of a random multi-step way. Edward E. Jon's self-efficacy scale, Herman's motivated progress, Solomon's and Rathblum's procrastination, and Sarason's test anxiety were used in the study in order to collect the data. The SPSS ۲۴ and Pearson correlation and canonical correlation methods were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that predicting the variable of procrastination based on test anxiety variables and achievement motivation is significant (p .

Keywords:

Achievement motivation , procrastination , Self-handicapping , test anxiety