Parenting and procrastination: gender differences in the relations between procrastination, parenting style and self-worth in early adolescence

The goal of this study was to explore the main effects and interactions between gender, maternal and paternal parenting style, and global self-worth in the prediction of procrastination in adolescence. A sample of 105 adolescents (60 females) between the ages of 13 and 15 years completed measures of parenting style, self-concept and trait procrastination. Results of hierarchical multiple regression analyses predicting procrastination revealed significant interactions between parenting styles, adolescent gender and self-worth. For females only, the effects of maternal authoritative and authoritarian parenting on procrastination were mediated through the self-system, whereas paternal parenting had a direct relation with procrastination. These gender effects in the role of the self-system are discussed in relation to parenting and procrastination. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.