The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Academic Procrastination and Self-Control of Female Students with Internet Addiction

Bina Vajargahi, Andisheh; Akbari, Bahman; Hamzehpoor Haghighi, Tahereh

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Bina Vajargahi A, Akbari B, Hamzehpoor Haghighi T. (2025). The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Academic Procrastination and Self-Control of Female Students with Internet Addiction. Rooyesh. 13(9), 101-110.
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The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Academic Procrastination and Self-Control of Female Students with Internet Addiction

Andisheh Bina Vajargahi¹

, Bahman Akbari ^*²

, Tahereh Hamzehpoor Haghighi³

1- Ph.D student of General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.
2- Professor, Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran. , bakbari44@yahoo.com
3- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran.

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This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on academic procrastination and self-control of female students with internet addiction. The present research method was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and two-month follow-up design with the control group. The population of this research included all secondary high school female students of Lahijan City in 2022, among them 34 students were selected as samples by purposive sampling, and randomly assigned to an experimental group (17 people), and a control group (17 people). Research questionnaires included: The Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students (PASS, Solomon & Rothblum, 1984), and the Self-Control Questionnaire (SCQ, Tangney et al, 2004). repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that there was a significant difference at the 0.05 level, between the pre-test and post-test averages of academic procrastination and its subscales (Studying for exams, Keeping Up with Reading Assignments, Writing a Term Paper), and self-control in the two groups; However, there was no significant difference between the post-test and follow-up averages of academic procrastination and its subscales, and self-control (P>0.05); This means that the therapeutic effects have been stable over time. Therefore, it can be concluded that acceptance and commitment therapy has been effective, as a sustainable intervention, in decreasing Procrastination and increasing the Self-Control of female students with internet addiction.

Keywords: Academic Procrastination, Self-Control, Internet Addiction, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Students, female.

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Type of Article: Research | Subject: Clinical Psychology
Received: 2024/04/4 | Accepted: 2024/05/7 | ePublished: 2025/01/29