Spiritual Health and Academic Procrastination Among Students at Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2023

Background and Objectives: Academic procrastination significantly reduces the quality of education and learning.Various strategies have been examined for preventing and addressing this behavior.Given the importance of this issue, the present study aimed to investigate the correlation between spiritual health and academic procrastination among students at Qom University of Medical Sciences.Methods: This was a descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional, and applied study.The research population included all students at Qom University of Medical Sciences who met the inclusion criteria.A total of 102 students were randomly selected to participate in the study.Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.They completed three questionnaires: demographic information, the Rothblum and Solomon academic procrastination scale, and the Paloutzian and Ellison spiritual well-being scale.The data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate regression statistical tests.For quantitative data analysis, the mean and standard deviation were used, while for qualitative data analysis, percentages and frequencies were applied.A significance level of 0.05 was considered.Results: Among the 102 participants, 73(71%) were female.The mean age of participants was 21.52±0.99years.Of the total, 69 students (67.6%) were single.The mean grade point average (GPA) of the students was 16.48±1.29.The average score for academic procrastination was 76.48±7.15,and the mean score on the spiritual well-being scale was 60.44±11.04.In the multivariate regression model, religious health was the only variable significantly associated with academic procrastination (P<0.001) and alone explained 44% of the variance in academic procrastination (R=0.66,R²=0.44). Conclusion:The present study showed that only religious health had a significant relationship with academic procrastination.This finding highlights the role of religious health as a significant factor in reducing procrastination and improving students' time management skills.