Abstract

MONTEREGRO, Luciana; VALDIVIA, Fernanda  and  MENDOZA, Guillermo. Development and validation of the Procrastination Motives Scale (PMS). Rev. aportes de la comunicación [online]. 2022, n.33, pp.47-56. ISSN 2306-8671.

Abstract The main objective is to present a procrastination scale that takes into account the mental and emotional factors that influence a student when procrastinating. The Reasons for Procrastination Scale (RPE) is a psychological test used to measure the levels of procrastination taking into account the factors that influence university students. Its use is oriented to recognize procrastination patterns and if these have something to do with emotional dysregulation. The results showed that this test has the necessary reliability and validity to be applied in college students from Santa Cruz de la Sierra. This test should be taken as a tool to identify the factors that motivate this maladaptive pattern

Keywords : Scale; procrastination motives.

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