Document Type : Original research study
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Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of cognitive strategies in relation to academic stress and motivational beliefs with academic procrastination. The research method was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population of all athletic students in Golestan province in the academic year of 2018-2019 was which 388 people were selected by simple random sampling method. Data were collected using questionnaires of academic stress, motivational strategies, academic procrastination and cognitive strategies and was analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis. The results showed that cognitive strategy plays a mediating role in relation to academic stress and motivational beliefs. Based on the results, it can be said that familiarity with cognitive strategies that play a key role in the relationship between stress and motivation with procrastination can play a role in reducing the procrastination of athletic students.
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