AU - Abbasi, Moslem AU - Dargahi, Shahriar AU - Pirani, Zabih AU - Bonyadi, Farzaneh TI - Role of Procrastination and Motivational Self-Regulation in Predicting Students’ Academic Engagement PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - IJME JN - IJME VO - 15 VI - 0 IP - 0 4099 - http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-3624-en.html 4100 - http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-3624-en.pdf SO - IJME 0 AB  - Introduction: Students’ cognitive, behavioral and emotional engagement with the academic environment and field of study will guarantee their vitality and success in promoting educational goals. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the role of procrastination and motivational self-regulation in predicting students’ academic engagement. Methods: This correlational study was performed on 311 students of faculty of medical sciences in Islamic Azad University of Arak in 2014-2015 academic years. The subjects were selected through Random and responded to procrastination, motivational self-regulation, and academic involvement questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis). Results: Pearson correlation showed that there was a negative and significant relationship between procrastination and academic engagement (p CP - IRAN IN - () Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran. Email: zabih_pirani@yahoo.com LG - eng PB - IJME PG - 160 PT - Original research article YR - 2015