TY - JOUR ID - 9049 TI - Academic procrastination and its characteristics: A Narrative Review JO - Future of Medical Education Journal JA - FMEJ LA - en SN - 2251-8347 AU - Karimi Moonaghi, Hossein AU - Baloochi Beydokhti, Tahereh AD - Evidence- Based Caring Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - PhD Nursing Student, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 43 EP - 50 KW - Keywords: procrastination KW - student procrastination KW - academic procrastination KW - Student DO - 10.22038/fmej.2017.9049 N2 - Background: Time management, especially at university is an important factor contributing to the academic success of students. However, majority of students relentlessly delay their academic work. Drawing upon the literature, we attempted to identify the characteristics of academic procrastination. Methods: For the review, articles, books and theses in English and Persian were identified with a search of Scopus, Proquest, Pubmed, Magiran, and SID databases using the keywords such as procrastination, academic procrastination, academic cunctation, academic shillyshally, and academic dilatoriness. However our search was not limited by a time frame. Results:  We identified 603 articles and theses by searching the databases. Sifting through the information, we consulted only 27 articles and 2 theses which were relevant to our study. After a perusal of literature on academic procrastination, we identified procrastination issues (i.e definition, prevalence, types of procrastination, academic procrastination, features) and its associated factors. Conclusions: Given that procrastination is a disruptive factor in academic achievement, teachers and students can use the results of this study to identify the behavior of procrastination and related factors.   UR - https://fmej.mums.ac.ir/article_9049.html L1 - https://fmej.mums.ac.ir/article_9049_7ec086345cc7e2d6699458fbb7e48c48.pdf ER -