Develop of Academic Procrastination Scale in Some Students of A Number of Physical Education Colleges in Kurdistan Region

Abstract

This study aimed to develop an academic procrastination scale in some students of a number of physical education colleges in the Kurdistan region. The researcher used a descriptive survey research design. The research sample consisted of (449) students from some physical education colleges in the Kurdistan Region. The construction procedure of the scale was pointing to a definition of academic procrastination where the researchers relied on Self- Regulation Theory when this theory has interpreted many studies of procrastination as a failure of self-regulation, which means the student's ability to control his thoughts, emotions, and motives. This appears through the characteristics of insufficient self-regulation such as low self-control, deficiencies in time skills, lack of goals, lack of prioritization, and insufficient implementation of tasks and assignments. Accordingly, academic procrastination was defined, and then the scale domains were determined which consist of (5) domains, as a part of the following definition, with a definition of each domain of the scale in order to collect and draft the scale sections and the sections of each domain were drafted in their initial form. As it was possible to collect (51) sections through research and review of previous studies on the concept of academic procrastination in general and then transformed it into academic procrastination. As well as adopting the scientific steps and procedures in developing the scale including discriminatory power, scientific basis, and standard error the final form of the scale reached (36) sections.