Introduction: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of self-control training on procrastination among female high school students in Tehran.
Method: The statistical population is consisting of 32 female students from second year high school (16students in experimental group and 16 students in control group). The population was selected by simple random sampling among all the second year high school girl students in the academic year of 88-89. The design the research is based on pre-test and post-test. We used a quasiexperimental research design. Tuck man procrastination was utilized to measure procrastination. The self-control training program was carried out during 10 sessions, every week one session on an experimental group and no training for control group. The hypothesis was tested using analyses of covariance and independent t-test.
Result & Conclusion: According to the results it can be concluded that the self-control training were significantly effective in decreasing students’ procrastination in the experimental group.
The possible explanation for the decreasing students’ procrastination might be resulted from the self-control training program applied in the experimental group.