Abstract

The purpose of this study was to prove the effect of a Motivation Management Program and Progressive Muscle Relaxation on procrastination and its related psychological factors in female university students. The participants of this study were university students who reported engaging in problematic procrastination. A total of 21 students were assigned to the motivation management group, 20 students were assigned to the progressive muscle relaxation group, and 20 students were assigned to the control group. Both the Motivation Management program and Progressive Muscle Relaxation program were administered for 6 sessions. All three groups completed the questionnaires at the pre-and post-treatmenttimepoints. In addition, the motivation management group and the progressive muscle relaxation group completed a 4 weeks follow-up test. As the measurement tools, the researcher used the Aitken Procrastination Scale, Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale, and the General Self-Efficacy Scale. The results were as follows: procrastination was significantly decreased in both the motivation management group and the progressive muscle relaxation group compared to the control group, and the effect persisted at the follow-up test. Fear of negative evaluation was significantly decreased in the motivation management group compared to the control group, and self-efficacy was significantly increased in the motivation management group compared to the progressive muscle relaxation group. Finally, the implications of this study and suggestions for future research were discussed.