The Relationship between Self-Efficacy, Achievement Motivation and Negligence in Students

The main purpose of the present research is to study the relation between self-efficiency and achievement motivation and procrastination of students of Bachelor’s program. The correlational research method was used to determine the relations among the variables of the research. The statistical population includes all students of Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, from which 150 male students and 150 female students were selected as sample based on multistage random sampling method. In order to collect information in the present research, Scherer self-efficiency evaluation questionnaires, Hermans achievement motive and Takman negligence were used. The research findings were analyzed based on descriptive statistics, T test, Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariable regression methods. The research findings indicate negative relation between two variables of self-efficiency and achievement motive and negligence. On the other hand, there is a significant positive relation between achievement motive and self-efficiency. In addition, achievement motive shows more anticipating power for negligence as compared with self-efficiency.