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. 2015 Sep 24;17(9):e28328. doi: 10.5812/ircmj.28328

Table 2. Descriptive Statistics and Reliability of the Procrastination Scale Factors.

Scale’s Parts Scale’s Factors
Scale’s first part First Part Factors
Factors a 1 2 3 4
Mean ± SD 3.5 ± 1 2.9 ± 0.71 2.7 ± 0.88 3.4 ± 0.80
Cronbach’s alpha coefficient 0.80 0.87 0.67 0.60
Total 0.781
Scale’s second part Second Part Factors
Factors Low confidence Risk taking Laziness Dependency
Mean ± SD 2.35 ± 0.85 1.97 ± 0.83 2.67 ± 0.86 2.64 ± 0.77
Cronbach’s alpha coefficient 0.728 0.773 0.726 0.741
Total 0.861

a Names of the factors in the first part of the scale: 1) ‘Willingness to decrease procrastination’, 2) ‘Frequency of procrastination’, 3) ‘Causing a problem in the second 3 domains’, 4) ‘Causing a problem in the first 3 domains’.