Predicting Life Satisfaction with Respect to Academic Procrastination and Decision-making Styles in Female Students

This study aimed to predict life satisfaction with respect to academic procrastination and decision-making styles among female students. The research design was of descriptive-cross-sectional correlational type. The statistical population included all female students studying for the master’s degree in Karaj in 2022; out of them, 114 students were selected as subjects using a sampling technique. Three questionnaires were used for data collection, including the General Decision-Making Styles questionnaire (Scott & Bruce, 1995), the Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students (Solomon & Rothblum, 1984), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al., 1989). Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (frequency, percent, mean, and standard deviation), Pearson correlation coefficient (r), and stepwise multivariate regression techniques through SPSS-V26. The p-value was set at 0.05. A significant and negative relationship was observed between life satisfaction and academic procrastination in female students so that academic procrastination accounts for 11.2% of changes in life satisfaction of female students. Besides, it was found that decision-making styles account for 34.1% of changes in life satisfaction of female students. Accordingly, it could be argued that it is possible to predict life satisfaction in female students with respect to decision-making styles and academic procrastination in female students.