Abstract

Objectives This study aimed to explore the medicating effects of depression and claimed self-handicapping between undergraduates’s motivation of procrastination and interpersonal problem.
 Methods The data of 362 undergraduates who explained and voluntarily agreed on the purpose of the study were analyzed by SPSS 21.0. and AMOS 21.0.
 Results The results of this study were as follows. First, motivation of procrastination, depression, claimed self-handicapping and interpersonal problem are all positive correlation. Second, the path from motivation of procrastination to depression was significant. Third, there was a partial mediation of depression in the relationship between worrying procrastination motive and claimed self-handicapping, and the full medication of depression and claimed self-handicapping in the relationship between worrying procrastination motive and interpersonal problem. Next, there was the full mediation of depression in the between optimistic procrastination motive and claimed self-handicapping and interpersonal problem. Among them, the suppression effect was verified. Finally, there was a full medication of depression in the relationship between defying procrastination motive and claimed self-handicapping, and the partial mediation of depression in the relationship between defying procrastination motive and interpersonal problem in significant. The motivation of procrastination affected interpersonal problem by double-mediating depression and claimed self-handicapping.
 Conclusions It looked at the motivation of procrastination and pathological and interpersonal aspects to help them understand the procrastination. It also identified the double-mediation of depression and claimed self-handicapping in the relationship between motivation of procrastination and interpersonal problems and identified unique paths for each motivation. Based on this, it is meaningful in that it presented evidence to organize individual counseling goals and programs for a client who have complain of pain due to procrastination.

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