title: Academic procrastination: the relationship between causal attribution styles and behavioral postponement.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This research was conducted to study the relationship between attribution and academic procrastination in University Students.
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects were 203 undergraduate students, 55 males and 148 females, selected from English and French language and literature students of Tabriz University. Data were gathered through Procrastination Assessment Scale-student (PASS) and Causal Dimension Scale (CDA) and were analyzed by multiple regression analysis (stepwise).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that there was a meaningful and negative relation between the locus of control and controllability in success context and academic procrastination. Besides, a meaningful and positive relation was observed between the locus of control and stability in failure context and procrastination. It was also found that 17% of the variance of procrastination was accounted by linear combination of attributions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that causal attribution is a key in understanding procrastination in academic settings and is used by those who have the knowledge of Causal Attribution styles to organize their learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Tabriz.
authors.forename: Rahim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Badri Gargari
authors.affiliation: Department of English & French Language and Literature of University of Tabriz.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sabouri
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Tabriz.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Norzad
keywords: Attribution; Controllability; Locus of control; Procrastination; Stability