Somayeh Soltannejad; Esmaeil Sa’dipour; Hassan Asadzadeh
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship among perceived parenting styles, procrastination and self-handicapping. Current study is a descriptive research ofcorrelational type. For this purpose, the Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), Tuckman's Procrastination Scale and the Self-Handicapping ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship among perceived parenting styles, procrastination and self-handicapping. Current study is a descriptive research ofcorrelational type. For this purpose, the Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), Tuckman's Procrastination Scale and the Self-Handicapping Scale (SHS) were completed by150 3rd-grade high school students in Karaj city who were selected through cluster random sampling. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and step-wise regression analysis. The results indicated that authoritarian style had significant positive correlation with procrastination and self-handicapping. Authoritative and permissive parenting styles have significant negative correlation with self-handicapping. The step-wise regression analysis also suggested that among perceived parenting styles, authoritarian style had significant and positive predictor of procrastination, and authoritative style had significant and negative predictor of self-handicapping. In general, it can be concluded that increasing warmth and involvement in parenting can decrease the harmful consequences of procrastination and self-handicapping behavior.
